| abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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| abbreviate | (verb) shorten | - |
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| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
| abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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| abide | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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| (verb) dwell | Synonyms: bide, stay |
| abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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| abominate | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, execrate, loathe |
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| abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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| (verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail | - |
| abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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| (verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
| abseil | (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: rappel, rope down |
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| abstain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: desist, refrain |
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| (verb) refrain from voting | - |
| accession | (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
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| acclaim | (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: hail, herald |
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| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: applaud, clap, spat |
| acclimate | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimatise, acclimatize |
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| acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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| acclimatize | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatise |
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| accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
| accredit | (verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: credit |
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| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials | - |
| acetify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acidify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acidify, acidulate, sour |
| acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
| acetylize | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
| achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, attain, reach |
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| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
| acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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| acquaint | (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: introduce, present |
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| (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: familiarise, familiarize |
| (verb) inform | - |
| acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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| acquire | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
| (verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: larn, learn |
| (verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: gain, win |
| (verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | - |
| acquit | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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| (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
| action | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: litigate, process, sue |
| activate | (verb) make active or more active | - |
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| (verb) make (substances) radioactive | - |
| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: aerate |
| (verb) make more adsorptive | - |
| (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
| actualise | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
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| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualize, realise, realize, substantiate |
| actualize | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualise |
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| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, realise, realize, substantiate |
| acuminate | (verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | - |
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| addict | (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: hook |
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| adjoin | (verb) attach or add | - |
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| (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
| (verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: contact, meet, touch |
| adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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| (verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
| administer | (verb) give or apply (medications) | Synonyms: dispense |
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| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| (verb) perform (a church sacrament) ritually | - |
| (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administrate |
| (verb) direct the taking of | - |
| administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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| admire | (verb) feel admiration for | Synonyms: look up to |
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| (verb) look at with admiration | - |
| admit | (verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: acknowledge |
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| (verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, take, take on |
| (verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of | Synonyms: include, let in |
| (verb) allow to enter; grant entry to | Synonyms: allow in, intromit, let in |
| (verb) give access or entrance to | - |
| (verb) serve as a means of entrance | - |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: accommodate, hold |
| (verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: allow |
| admix | (verb) mix or mingle | - |
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| admonish | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: reproof, reprove |
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| (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: caution, monish |
| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: discourage, monish, warn |
| advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
| advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
| advise | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: counsel, rede |
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| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: propose, suggest |
| aerify | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: gasify, vaporise, vaporize |
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| aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
| aerosolize | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
| aestivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: estivate |
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| 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 | - |
| 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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| agglutinate | (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
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| (verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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| (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
| agitate | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: budge, shift, stir |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: shake |
| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: foment, stir up |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: campaign, crusade, fight, press, push |
| agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
| agonize | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
| aid | (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: help |
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| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: assist, help |
| ail | (verb) be ill or unwell | - |
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| (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: pain, trouble |
| aim | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aspire, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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| (verb) propose or intend | Synonyms: propose, purport, purpose |
| (verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: calculate, direct |
| (verb) direct (a remark) toward an intended goal | - |
| (verb) move into a desired direction of discourse | Synonyms: drive, get |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: direct, take, take aim, train |
| (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: direct, place, point, target |
| air | (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air out, vent, ventilate |
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| (verb) expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry | - |
| (verb) make public | Synonyms: bare, publicise, publicize |
| (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: beam, broadcast, send, transmit |
| (verb) be broadcast | - |
| (verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: aerate, air out |
| airbrush | (verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
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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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| airmail | (verb) send or transport by airmail | - |
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| airt | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: redirect |
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| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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| alchemize | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemise |
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| alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
| alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| (verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
| alibi | (verb) exonerate by means of an alibi | - |
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| alien | (verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alienate |
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| alienate | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: disaffect, estrange |
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| (verb) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated | - |
| (verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alien |
| alight | (verb) come down | Synonyms: climb down |
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| (verb) to come to rest, settle | Synonyms: light, perch |
| align | (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: adjust, aline, line up |
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| (verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | Synonyms: coordinate, ordinate |
| (verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | Synonyms: array |
| (verb) be or come into adjustment with | - |
| aliment | (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: nourish, nutrify |
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| aline | (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: adjust, align, line up |
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| alkalify | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalise, alkalize, basify |
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| alkalinise | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
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| (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
| alkalinize | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
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| (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
| alkalise | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalize, basify |
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| alkalize | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalise, basify |
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| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
| alleviate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: assuage, palliate, relieve |
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| (verb) make easier | Synonyms: ease, facilitate |
| alligator | (verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
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| alliterate | (verb) use alliteration as a form of poetry | - |
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| alphabetise | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetize |
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| alphabetize | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetise |
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| (verb) provide with an alphabet | - |
| aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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| aluminize | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminise |
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