| alibi | (verb) exonerate by means of an alibi | - |
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| ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute |
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| assibilate | (verb) change into a sibilant | - |
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| (verb) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) | - |
| attribute | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute |
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| (verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: assign |
| bib | (verb) drink moderately but regularly | Synonyms: tipple |
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| bribe | (verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: buy, corrupt, grease one's palms |
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| calibrate | (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: fine-tune, graduate |
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| (verb) measure the caliber of | - |
| (verb) mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units | - |
| cannibalise | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalize |
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| (verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalize |
| cannibalize | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalise |
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| (verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalise |
| circumscribe | (verb) restrict or confine within limits | Synonyms: confine to, limit |
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| (verb) draw a line around | - |
| (verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | - |
| contribute | (verb) contribute to some cause | Synonyms: chip in, give, kick in |
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| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, impart, lend |
| (verb) provide | Synonyms: put up |
| (verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, lead |
| crib | (verb) line with beams or planks | - |
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| (verb) take unauthorized (intellectual material) | - |
| (verb) use a crib, as in an exam | - |
| defibrillate | (verb) stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks | - |
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| defibrinate | (verb) remove fibrin from (blood) | - |
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| deliberate | (verb) discuss the pros and cons of an issue | Synonyms: debate |
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| (verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: consider, debate, moot, turn over |
| describe | (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
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| (verb) give a description of | Synonyms: depict, draw |
| (verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: account, report |
| (verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, draw, line, trace |
| detribalise | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalize |
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| detribalize | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalise |
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| dibble | (verb) plant with a wooden hand tool | - |
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| (verb) make a hole with a wooden hand tool | - |
| distribute | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) to arrange in a systematic order | Synonyms: stagger |
| (verb) distribute or disperse widely | Synonyms: spread |
| (verb) cause to be distributed | Synonyms: circulate, pass around, pass on |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| (verb) give to several people | Synonyms: give out, hand out, pass out |
| (verb) release | - |
| (verb) be mathematically distributive | - |
| (verb) be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses | - |
| (verb) spread throughout a given area | - |
| dribble | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber |
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| (verb) propel | Synonyms: carry |
| (verb) let or cause to fall in drops | Synonyms: drip, drop |
| (verb) run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream | Synonyms: filter, trickle |
| equilibrate | (verb) bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | - |
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| (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrise, equilibrize |
| equilibrise | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize |
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| equilibrize | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise |
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| exhibit | (verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: march, parade |
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| (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, present, show |
| (verb) to show, make visible or apparent | Synonyms: display, expose |
| (verb) show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill | - |
| fib | (verb) tell a relatively insignificant lie | - |
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| fibrillate | (verb) make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements | - |
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| filibuster | (verb) obstruct deliberately by delaying | - |
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| gibber | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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| (verb) chatter inarticulately; of monkeys | - |
| gibbet | (verb) hang on an execution instrument | - |
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| (verb) expose to ridicule or public scorn | Synonyms: pillory |
| gibe | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: barrack, flout, jeer, scoff |
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| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, jibe, match, tally |
| hibachi | (verb) cook over a hibachi grill | - |
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| hibernate | (verb) sleep during winter | Synonyms: hole up |
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| (verb) be in an inactive or dormant state | - |
| imbibe | (verb) receive into the mind and retain | - |
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| (verb) take in liquids | Synonyms: drink |
| (verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilate |
| (verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, draw, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
| inhibit | (verb) prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something | - |
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| (verb) make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally | - |
| (verb) consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior | Synonyms: bottle up, suppress |
| (verb) limit, block, or decrease the action or function of | - |
| inscribe | (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: autograph |
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| (verb) address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication | - |
| (verb) write, engrave, or print as a lasting record | - |
| (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, write in code |
| (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, grave, scratch |
| (verb) draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible | - |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, enter, raise, recruit |
| jib | (verb) shift from one side of the ship to the other | Synonyms: change course, gybe, jibe |
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| (verb) refuse to comply | Synonyms: balk, baulk, resist |
| jibe | (verb) shift from one side of the ship to the other | Synonyms: change course, gybe, jib |
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| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, match, tally |
| kibbitz | (verb) make unwanted and intrusive comments | Synonyms: kibitz |
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| kibitz | (verb) make unwanted and intrusive comments | Synonyms: kibbitz |
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| kibosh | (verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: block, halt, stop |
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| libel | (verb) print slanderous statements against | - |
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| liberalise | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalize |
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| (verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalize |
| liberalize | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalise |
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| (verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalise |
| liberate | (verb) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | Synonyms: free, release |
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| (verb) grant freedom to | Synonyms: set free |
| (verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | Synonyms: emancipate |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: free, loose, release, unloose, unloosen |
| librate | (verb) vibrate before coming to a total rest | - |
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| (verb) determine the weight of | Synonyms: weigh |
| nibble | (verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of | Synonyms: pick, piece |
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| (verb) bite off very small pieces | - |
| (verb) bite gently | - |
| prescribe | (verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: dictate, order |
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| (verb) (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription | - |
| (verb) recommend as beneficial | - |
| prohibit | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, proscribe, veto |
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| proscribe | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, veto |
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| quibble | (verb) argue over petty things | Synonyms: bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, squabble |
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| (verb) evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections | - |
| reattribute | (verb) attribute to another source | - |
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| redistribute | (verb) distribute anew | - |
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| rib | (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast |
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| (verb) form vertical ribs by knitting | - |
| scribble | (verb) write down quickly without much attention to detail | Synonyms: scrabble |
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| (verb) write carelessly | Synonyms: scrawl |
| scribe | (verb) score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking | - |
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| sensibilise | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sensibilize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sibilate | (verb) make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval | Synonyms: hiss, siss, sizz |
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| (verb) express or utter with a hiss | Synonyms: hiss, siss, sizz |
| (verb) utter a sibilant | - |
| (verb) pronounce with an initial sibilant | - |
| subscribe | (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: sign |
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| (verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: support |
| (verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe to, take |
| (verb) offer to buy, as of stocks and shares | - |
| (verb) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals | Synonyms: pledge |
| superscribe | (verb) write on the outside or upper part of | - |
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| (verb) write on the top or outside | - |
| transcribe | (verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA | - |
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| (verb) rewrite in a different script | Synonyms: transliterate |
| (verb) write out from speech, notes, etc. | - |
| (verb) make a phonetic transcription of | - |
| (verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended | - |
| tribulate | (verb) oppress or trouble greatly | - |
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| vibe | (verb) to feel emotionally | - |
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| vibrate | (verb) feel sudden intense sensation or emotion | Synonyms: thrill, tickle |
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| (verb) shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
| (verb) move or swing from side to side regularly | Synonyms: oscillate |
| (verb) sound with resonance | Synonyms: resonate |
| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vacillate |