accession | (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
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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 |
ambition | (verb) have as one's ambition | - |
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ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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(verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
auction | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction off, auctioneer |
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auctioneer | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
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audition | (verb) perform in order to get a role | Synonyms: try out |
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bioassay | (verb) subject to a bio-assay | - |
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biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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capriole | (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
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(verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
caption | (verb) provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing | - |
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caution | (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, monish |
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champion | (verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: defend |
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chariot | (verb) ride in a chariot | - |
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(verb) transport in a chariot | - |
clarion | (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion | - |
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(verb) blow the clarion | - |
commission | (verb) charge with a task | - |
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(verb) put into commission; equip for service; of ships | - |
(verb) place an order for | - |
companion | (verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: accompany, company, keep company |
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compassionate | (verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with |
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complexion | (verb) give a certain color to | - |
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condition | (verb) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny | - |
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(verb) put into a better state | - |
(verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: qualify, specify, stipulate |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, discipline, train |
(verb) establish a conditioned response | - |
confection | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
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constitutionalise | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalize |
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constitutionalize | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalise |
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(verb) take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal | - |
(verb) provide with a constitution, as of a country | - |
conventionalise | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalize |
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conventionalize | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalise |
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(verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: stylise, stylize |
cushion | (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: buffer, soften |
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deaccession | (verb) sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works | - |
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decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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denationalise | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalize |
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denationalize | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalise |
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derequisition | (verb) release from government control | - |
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deteriorate | (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: degenerate, devolve, drop |
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(verb) become worse or disintegrate | - |
dimension | (verb) shape or form to required dimensions | - |
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(verb) indicate the dimensions on | - |
disillusion | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disenchant |
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electioneer | (verb) work actively for a political candidate or a party | - |
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envision | (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
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(verb) picture to oneself; imagine possible | Synonyms: foresee |
etiolate | (verb) make pale or sickly | - |
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(verb) bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight | - |
(verb) make weak by stunting the growth or development of | - |
exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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exteriorize | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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(verb) bring outside the body for surgery, of organs | Synonyms: bring outside |
fashion | (verb) make out of components (often in an improvising manner) | Synonyms: forge |
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fictionalise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalize, novelise, novelize |
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(verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalize, retell |
fictionalize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, novelise, novelize |
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(verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalise, retell |
fraction | (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: divide |
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fractionate | (verb) obtain by a fractional process | - |
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(verb) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents | - |
function | (verb) perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function | Synonyms: officiate |
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(verb) perform as expected when applied | Synonyms: go, operate, run, work |
(verb) serve a purpose, role, or function | Synonyms: serve |
heliograph | (verb) signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays | - |
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institutionalise | (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalize, send |
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institutionalize | (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalise, send |
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interiorise | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorize, internalise, internalize |
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interiorize | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorise, internalise, internalize |
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internationalise | (verb) make international in character | Synonyms: internationalize |
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(verb) put under international control | Synonyms: internationalize |
internationalize | (verb) make international in character | Synonyms: internationalise |
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(verb) put under international control | Synonyms: internationalise |
iodinate | (verb) cause to combine with iodine | - |
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iodise | (verb) treat with iodine so as to prevent infection | Synonyms: iodize |
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(verb) treat with iodine | Synonyms: iodize |
iodize | (verb) treat with iodine so as to prevent infection | Synonyms: iodise |
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(verb) treat with iodine | Synonyms: iodise |
ionate | (verb) add ions to | - |
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ionise | (verb) convert into ions | Synonyms: ionize |
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(verb) become converted into ions | Synonyms: ionize |
ionize | (verb) convert into ions | Synonyms: ionise |
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(verb) become converted into ions | Synonyms: ionise |
lionise | (verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: celebrate, lionize |
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lionize | (verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: celebrate, lionise |
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malfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: misfunction |
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meliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve |
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(verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, improve |
mention | (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: note, observe, remark |
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(verb) commend | Synonyms: cite |
(verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, name, refer |
misfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: malfunction |
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motion | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, gesture |
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munition | (verb) supply with weapons | - |
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nationalise | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalize |
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(verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalize |
nationalize | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalise |
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(verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalise |
occasion | (verb) give occasion to | - |
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partition | (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: zone |
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(verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections | Synonyms: partition off |
pension | (verb) grant a pension to | Synonyms: pension off |
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petition | (verb) write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing | - |
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pinion | (verb) cut the wings off (of birds) | - |
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(verb) bind the arms of | Synonyms: shackle |
pioneer | (verb) open up and explore a new area | - |
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(verb) open up an area or prepare a way | Synonyms: open up |
(verb) take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of | Synonyms: initiate |
portion | (verb) give out | Synonyms: allot, assign |
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position | (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, place, pose, put, set |
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(verb) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | - |
precondition | (verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
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prioritise | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritize |
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prioritize | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritise |
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professionalise | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalize |
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(verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalize |
professionalize | (verb) make professional or give a professional character to | Synonyms: professionalise |
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(verb) become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalise |
proportion | (verb) adjust in size relative to other things | - |
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(verb) give pleasant proportions to | - |
proposition | (verb) suggest sex to | - |
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provision | (verb) supply with provisions | Synonyms: purvey |
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question | (verb) pose a question | Synonyms: query |
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(verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of | Synonyms: call into question, oppugn |
(verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: wonder |
(verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: interrogate |
(verb) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | Synonyms: interview |
radio | (verb) transmit messages via radio waves | - |
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radiolocate | (verb) locate by means of radar | - |
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ratiocinate | (verb) reason methodologically and logically | - |
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ration | (verb) distribute in rations, as in the army | Synonyms: ration out |
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(verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war | - |
rationalise | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalize |
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(verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalize |
(verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalize |
(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalize |
(verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalize |
rationalize | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalise |
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(verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalise |
(verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalise |
(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalise |
(verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalise |
reapportion | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reallocate |
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recondition | (verb) bring into an improved condition | - |
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refashion | (verb) make new | Synonyms: make over, redo, remake |
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reposition | (verb) place into another position | - |
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(verb) change place or direction | Synonyms: dislodge, shift |
requisition | (verb) make a formal request for official services | - |
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(verb) demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service | - |
revolutionise | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionize |
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(verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionize |
revolutionize | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionise |
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(verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionise |
(verb) overthrow by a revolution, of governments | - |