| abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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| abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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| (verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
| acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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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 |
| 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 |
| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| 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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
| affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, 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 |
| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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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 |
| alkalinise | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
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| (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
| alkalise | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalize, basify |
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| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| alphabetise | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetize |
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| aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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| amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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| anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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| analogise | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogize |
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| anathematise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| anathemise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
| anatomise | (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomize |
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| anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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| anguish | (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: hurt, pain |
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| (verb) suffer great pains or distress | - |
| animalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
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| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
| (verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalize |
| animise | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animize |
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| anodise | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodize |
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| antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
| anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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| anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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| antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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| aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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| apologise | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologize |
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| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
| apostatise | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatize, tergiversate |
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| apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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| apotheosise | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosize |
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| appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
| apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
| arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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| archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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| arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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| (verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
| (verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
| aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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| arterialise | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialize |
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| assist | (verb) act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function | - |
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| (verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: attend, attend to, serve, wait on |
| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, help |
| asterisk | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: star |
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| astonish | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astound |
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| atomise | (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomize |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomize, nuke, zap |
| (verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomize |
| attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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| authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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| (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
| automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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| (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
| autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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| avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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| bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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| banish | (verb) drive away | - |
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| (verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: bar, relegate |
| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
| (verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: ban |
| baptise | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptize, christen |
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| barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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| (verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
| baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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| bastardise | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardize |
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| (verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardize |
| bestialise | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialize |
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| bewhisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: whisker |
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| bisect | (verb) cut in half or cut in two | - |
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| bituminise | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminize |
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| blacklist | (verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted | - |
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| blandish | (verb) praise somewhat dishonestly | Synonyms: flatter |
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| blemish | (verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | Synonyms: flaw |
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| (verb) mar or impair with a flaw | Synonyms: spot |
| (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: deface, disfigure |
| blister | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: vesicate |
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| (verb) cause blisters to form on | - |
| (verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: scald, scorch, whip |
| bolshevise | (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevize, communise, communize |
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| bonderise | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderize |
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| botanise | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanize |
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| bowdlerise | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten |
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| braise | (verb) cook in liquid | - |
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| brandish | (verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: flourish, wave |
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| (verb) exhibit aggressively | - |
| brisk | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk up, brisken |
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| brisken | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk, brisk up |
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| bristle | (verb) react in an offended or angry manner | - |
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| (verb) rise up as in fear | Synonyms: stand up, uprise |
| (verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, burst |
| (verb) have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles | - |
| bruise | (verb) damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure | - |
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| (verb) break up into small pieces for food preparation | - |
| (verb) injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | Synonyms: contuse |
| (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound |
| brutalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalize |
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| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalize |
| (verb) treat brutally | Synonyms: brutalize |
| burglarise | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarize, burgle, heist |
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| burnish | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, furbish |
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| canalise | (verb) provide (a city) with a canal | Synonyms: canal, canalize |
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| cannibalise | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalize |
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| (verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalize |
| cannulise | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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| canonise | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonize, saint |
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| (verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonize |
| caparison | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
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| capitalise | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalize |
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| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalize, take advantage |
| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalize |
| caponise | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponize |
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| capsulise | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulize, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulize |
| caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
| carbonise | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonize |
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| (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonize, carburise, carburize |
| carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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