| pressurise | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurize |
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| (verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurize |
| (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurize, supercharge |
| previse | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, foresee |
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| (verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: forewarn |
| prioritise | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritize |
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| prise | (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prize, respect, value |
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| (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, lever, prize, pry |
| (verb) make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry | Synonyms: pry |
| privatise | (verb) change from governmental to private control or ownership | Synonyms: privatize |
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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 |
| prologise | (verb) write or speak a prologue | Synonyms: prologize, prologuize |
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| promise | (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: assure |
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| (verb) promise to undertake or give | - |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate |
| (verb) give grounds for expectations | - |
| propagandise | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
| proselytise | (verb) convert to another faith or religion | Synonyms: proselytize |
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| ptyalise | (verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | Synonyms: ptyalize, spew, spit, spue |
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| publicise | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicize |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicize |
| pulverise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverize |
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| (verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverize |
| (verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: demolish, pulverize |
| quantise | (verb) apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor | Synonyms: quantize |
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| (verb) approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values | Synonyms: quantize |
| raise | (verb) cause to become alive again | Synonyms: resurrect, upraise |
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| (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, heighten |
| (verb) raise the level or amount of something | - |
| (verb) raise in rank or condition | Synonyms: elevate, lift |
| (verb) invigorate or heighten | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) put an end to | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project | - |
| (verb) multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 | - |
| (verb) cause to be heard or known; express or utter | - |
| (verb) put forward for consideration or discussion | Synonyms: bring up |
| (verb) activate or stir up | - |
| (verb) establish radio communications with | - |
| (verb) pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth | - |
| (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: levy, recruit |
| (verb) bet more than the previous player | - |
| (verb) bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level | - |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, stir |
| (verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: erect, put up, rear, set up |
| (verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, grow, produce |
| (verb) create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise | - |
| (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke |
| (verb) raise from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, lift |
| (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: leaven, prove |
| (verb) move upwards | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) collect funds for a specific purpose | - |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, rear |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit |
| randomise | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomize |
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| 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 |
| realise | (verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realize, see, understand |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realize, recognise, recognize |
| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate |
| (verb) expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass | Synonyms: realize |
| (verb) convert into cash; of goods and property | Synonyms: realize |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realize, take in |
| reappraise | (verb) appraise anew | - |
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| recognise | (verb) perceive to be the same | Synonyms: recognize |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognize |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, know, recognize |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognize |
| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: greet, recognize |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognize, spot, tell apart |
| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: accredit, recognize |
| (verb) show approval or appreciation of | Synonyms: recognize |
| reflectorise | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorize |
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| regularise | (verb) make regular or more regular | Synonyms: regularize |
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| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: govern, order, regularize, regulate |
| reharmonise | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonize |
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| relativise | (verb) consider or treat as relative | Synonyms: relativize |
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| remilitarise | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarize |
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| renormalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, normalize, renormalize |
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| reorganise | (verb) organize anew | Synonyms: reorganize, shake up |
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| (verb) organize anew, as after a setback | Synonyms: regroup, reorganize |
| reprise | (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: recapitulate, repeat, reprize |
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| revise | (verb) make revisions in | - |
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| (verb) revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving | Synonyms: retool |
| revitalise | (verb) give new life or vigor to | Synonyms: revitalize |
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| revolutionise | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionize |
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| (verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionize |
| rhapsodise | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm | Synonyms: rhapsodize |
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| (verb) recite a rhapsody | Synonyms: rhapsodize |
| rise | (verb) return from the dead | Synonyms: resurrect, uprise |
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| (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: arise, get up, turn out, uprise |
| (verb) increase in value or to a higher point | Synonyms: climb, go up |
| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, wax |
| (verb) rise in rank or status | Synonyms: climb up, jump |
| (verb) exert oneself to meet a challenge | - |
| (verb) become heartened or elated | - |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, uprise |
| (verb) increase in volume | Synonyms: prove |
| (verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise up, surface |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: arise, get up, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: ascend, move up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: ascend, come up, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rebel, rise up |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rear |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, spring up, uprise |
| ritualise | (verb) make or evolve into a ritual | Synonyms: ritualize |
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| romanticise | (verb) make romantic in style | Synonyms: romanticize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, romanticize |
| rubberise | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubber, rubberize |
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| ruggedise | (verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | Synonyms: ruggedize |
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| sanitise | (verb) make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features | Synonyms: sanitize |
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| (verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, hygienize, sanitize |
| satirise | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: lampoon, satirize |
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| satisfise | (verb) decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal | Synonyms: satisfice |
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| scandalise | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalize, shock |
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| schematise | (verb) give conventional form to | Synonyms: schematize |
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| scrutinise | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, inspect, scrutinize |
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| (verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail | Synonyms: scrutinize, size up, take stock |
| sectionalise | (verb) divide into sections, especially into geographic sections | Synonyms: sectionalize |
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| secularise | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularize |
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| sensibilise | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sensitise | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitize |
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| (verb) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion | Synonyms: sensitize |
| (verb) make sensitive to a drug or allergen | Synonyms: sensitize |
| (verb) cause to sense; make sensitive | Synonyms: sensitize |
| sensualise | (verb) debase through carnal gratification | Synonyms: carnalise, carnalize, sensualize |
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| sentimentalise | (verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | Synonyms: sentimentalize, sentimentise, sentimentize |
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| (verb) look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment | Synonyms: sentimentalize |
| (verb) make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities | Synonyms: sentimentalize |
| sentimentise | (verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | Synonyms: sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize |
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| serialise | (verb) arrange serially | Synonyms: serialize |
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| sermonise | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonize |
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| severalise | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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| (verb) distinguish or separate | Synonyms: severalize |
| sexualise | (verb) make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to | Synonyms: sexualize |
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| shamanise | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanize |
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| signalise | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalize |
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| (verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalize |
| (verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalize |
| (verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalize |
| singularise | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularize |
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| slenderise | (verb) make slender or appear to be slender | Synonyms: slenderize |
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| socialise | (verb) make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies | Synonyms: socialize |
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| (verb) prepare for social life | Synonyms: socialize |
| (verb) train for a social environment | Synonyms: socialize |
| (verb) take part in social activities; interact with others | Synonyms: socialize |
| sodomise | (verb) practice anal sex upon | Synonyms: bugger, sodomize |
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| (verb) copulate with an animal | Synonyms: sodomize |
| solarise | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarize, sun |
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| (verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it | Synonyms: solarize |
| solemnise | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnize |
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| (verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnize |
| (verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnize |
| soliloquise | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, monologuize, soliloquize |
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| sorcerise | (verb) transform or change by means of sorcery | Synonyms: sorcerize |
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| sovietise | (verb) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Synonyms: sovietize |
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| (verb) bring under Soviet control, of a country | Synonyms: sovietize |
| specialise | (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow, narrow down, specialize |
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| (verb) suit to a special purpose | Synonyms: specialize |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: differentiate, specialize, speciate |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialize, specify |
| (verb) devote oneself to a special area of work | Synonyms: specialize |
| spiritise | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritize |
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| spiritualise | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualize |
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| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualize |
| spondaise | (verb) make spondaic | Synonyms: spondaize |
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| stabilise | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilize |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilize |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilize, steady |
| stalinise | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinize |
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| standardise | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardize |
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| (verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardize |
| sterilise | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilize, unsex |
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| (verb) make free from bacteria | Synonyms: sterilize |
| stigmatise | (verb) mark with a stigma or stigmata | Synonyms: stigmatize |
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| (verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, denounce, mark, stigmatize |
| stylise | (verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalize, stylize |
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| subsidise | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidize |
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| (verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidize |
| subtilise | (verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilize |
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| suburbanise | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
| subvocalise | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalize |
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| summarise | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarize |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarize |
| summerise | (verb) prepare for summer | Synonyms: summerize |
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| supervise | (verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance | Synonyms: monitor |
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| (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, superintend |
| surmise | (verb) infer from incomplete evidence | - |
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| (verb) imagine to be the case or true or probable | Synonyms: suspect |
| surprise | (verb) cause to be surprised | - |
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| (verb) attack by storm; attack suddenly | Synonyms: storm |
| (verb) come upon or take unawares | - |
| syllabise | (verb) utter with distinct articulation of each syllable | Synonyms: syllabize |
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| (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabify, syllabize |
| syllogise | (verb) reason by syllogisms | Synonyms: syllogize |
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| symbolise | (verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | Synonyms: represent, stand for, symbolize, typify |
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| (verb) represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols | Synonyms: symbolize |
| symmetrise | (verb) make symmetric | Synonyms: symmetrize |
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| sympathise | (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathize, understand |
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| (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: commiserate, sympathize |
| (verb) share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of | Synonyms: sympathize |
| symphonise | (verb) play or sound together, in harmony | Synonyms: symphonize |
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| synchronise | (verb) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | Synonyms: sync, synchronize |
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| (verb) operate simultaneously | Synonyms: synchronize |
| (verb) cause to indicate the same time or rate | Synonyms: synchronize |
| (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronize |
| (verb) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | Synonyms: synchronize |
| (verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronize |
| syncretise | (verb) become fused | Synonyms: syncretize |
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| (verb) unite (beliefs or conflicting principles) | Synonyms: syncretize |
| synthesise | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesize |
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| systematise | (verb) arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | Synonyms: systematize, systemise, systemize |
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| systemise | (verb) arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | Synonyms: systematise, systematize, systemize |
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| tabularise | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularize, tabulate |
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| tantalise | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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| telepathise | (verb) communicate nonverbally by telepathy | Synonyms: telepathize |
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| televise | (verb) broadcast via television | Synonyms: telecast |
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| temporise | (verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time | Synonyms: temporize |
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