| acetify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acidify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acidify, acidulate, sour |
| acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
| aerify | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: gasify, vaporise, vaporize |
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| affect | (verb) act physically on; have an effect upon | - |
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| (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
| (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: impress, move, strike |
| (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: involve, regard |
| affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: betroth, engage, plight |
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| affiliate | (verb) join in an affiliation | - |
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| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: associate, assort, consort |
| affirm | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain |
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| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify |
| (verb) say yes to | - |
| affix | (verb) stick or fasten to | Synonyms: stick on |
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| (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, append, supplement |
| (verb) attach or become attached to a stem word | - |
| afflict | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in | Synonyms: smite |
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| (verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress | - |
| afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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| (verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
| (verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
| afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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| affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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| affright | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: fright, frighten, scare |
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| affront | (verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely | Synonyms: diss, insult |
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| airfreight | (verb) transport (cargo) by air | Synonyms: air-freight, air-ship |
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| airlift | (verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
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| alkalify | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalise, alkalize, basify |
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| ammonify | (verb) treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification | - |
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| amplify | (verb) increase in size, volume or significance | Synonyms: magnify |
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| (verb) increase the volume of | - |
| (verb) exaggerate or make bigger | Synonyms: blow up, expand, inflate |
| (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
| argufy | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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| aurify | (verb) turn golden | - |
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| (verb) transform into gold | - |
| backfire | (verb) set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | - |
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| (verb) emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire | - |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backlash, recoil |
| baffle | (verb) restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.) | Synonyms: regulate |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| barf | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| basify | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalise, alkalize |
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| batfowl | (verb) catch birds by temporarily blinding them | - |
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| beatify | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood | - |
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| (verb) make blessedly happy | - |
| (verb) fill with sublime emotion | Synonyms: exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink |
| beautify | (verb) make more beautiful | Synonyms: embellish, fancify, prettify |
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| (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, grace |
| beef | (verb) complain | Synonyms: bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
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| befall | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, happen |
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| (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, betide |
| befit | (verb) accord or comport with | Synonyms: beseem, suit |
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| befog | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| befool | (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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| (verb) make a fool or dupe of | Synonyms: fool, gull |
| befoul | (verb) spot, stain, or pollute | Synonyms: defile, foul, maculate |
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| befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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| befuddle | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) make stupid with alcohol | Synonyms: fuddle |
| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| benefice | (verb) endow with a benefice | - |
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| beneficiate | (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction | - |
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| benefit | (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: gain, profit |
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| (verb) be beneficial for | Synonyms: do good |
| benficiate | (verb) subject to a reduction process | - |
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| biff | (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: pommel, pummel |
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| bifurcate | (verb) divide into two branches | - |
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| (verb) split or divide into two | - |
| blindfold | (verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing | - |
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| bluff | (verb) frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | - |
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| (verb) deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand | Synonyms: bluff out |
| boldface | (verb) print in boldface | - |
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| bombproof | (verb) make safe against bombings | - |
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| bottlefeed | (verb) feed (infants) with a bottle | - |
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| breakfast | (verb) eat an early morning meal | - |
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| (verb) provide breakfast for | - |
| breastfeed | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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| brief | (verb) give essential information to someone | - |
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| buff | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: burnish, furbish |
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| (verb) strike, beat repeatedly | Synonyms: buffet |
| buffalo | (verb) intimidate or overawe | - |
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| buffer | (verb) add a buffer (a solution) | - |
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| (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: cushion, soften |
| buffet | (verb) strike against forcefully | Synonyms: batter, knock about |
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| (verb) strike, beat repeatedly | Synonyms: buff |
| bulletproof | (verb) make bulletproof | - |
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| butterfly | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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| (verb) cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking | - |
| (verb) flutter like a butterfly | - |
| calcify | (verb) turn into lime; become calcified | - |
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| (verb) convert into lime | - |
| (verb) become impregnated with calcium salts | - |
| (verb) become inflexible and unchanging | - |
| camouflage | (verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
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| carnify | (verb) become muscular or fleshy | - |
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| catfish | (verb) To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity | - |
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| centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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| centrifuge | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifugate |
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| certificate | (verb) authorize by certificate | - |
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| (verb) present someone with a certificate | - |
| certify | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
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| (verb) declare legally insane | - |
| (verb) guarantee payment on; of checks | - |
| (verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: endorse, indorse |
| (verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: licence, license |
| chafe | (verb) warm by rubbing, as with the hands | - |
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| (verb) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading | Synonyms: excoriate |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: fray, fret, rub, scratch |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| (verb) feel extreme irritation or anger | - |
| (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: fret, gall |
| chaff | (verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: banter, jolly, josh, kid |
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| chaffer | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| (verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: haggle, higgle, huckster |
| chamfer | (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chase, furrow |
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| (verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel | Synonyms: bevel |
| chauffeur | (verb) drive someone in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive around |
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| chickenfight | (verb) fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders | Synonyms: chicken-fight |
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| childproof | (verb) make safe against children | Synonyms: child-proof |
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| chloroform | (verb) anesthetize with chloroform | - |
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| chondrify | (verb) turn into cartilage | - |
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| chuff | (verb) blow hard and loudly | Synonyms: huff, puff |
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| circumfuse | (verb) spread something around something | - |
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| citify | (verb) accustom to urban ways | - |
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| clarify | (verb) make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating | - |
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| (verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible | Synonyms: clear up, elucidate |
| classify | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, class, separate, sort, sort out |
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| (verb) assign to a class or kind | Synonyms: relegate |
| (verb) declare unavailable, as for security reasons | - |
| codify | (verb) organize into a code or system, such as a body of law | - |
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| coffin | (verb) place into a coffin | - |
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| coif | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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| (verb) cover with a coif | - |
| coiffe | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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| coiffure | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, do, dress, set |
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| comfit | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: confect, confection |
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| comfort | (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
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| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
| complexify | (verb) make complex | - |
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| (verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: ramify |
| confab | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confabulate, confer, consult |
| confabulate | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confer, consult |
| (verb) unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory | - |
| confect | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confection |
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| (verb) make or construct | - |
| confection | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
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| confederate | (verb) form a group or unite | Synonyms: band together |
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| (verb) form a confederation with; of nations | - |
| confer | (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confabulate, consult |
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| (verb) present | Synonyms: bestow |
| confess | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: fink, squeal |
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| (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, profess |
| (verb) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith | - |
| confide | (verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially | - |
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| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, entrust, intrust, trust |
| configure | (verb) set up for a particular purpose | - |
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| confine | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: constrain, hold, restrain |
| (verb) prevent from leaving or from being removed | - |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: detain |
| (verb) close in | Synonyms: enclose, hold in |
| confirm | (verb) make more firm | - |
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| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain |
| (verb) strengthen or make more firm | Synonyms: reassert |
| (verb) administer the rite of confirmation to | - |
| (verb) support a person for a position | - |
| confiscate | (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
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| conflagrate | (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire |
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| (verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: enkindle, inflame, kindle |