| abnegate | (verb) deny or renounce | - |
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| (verb) surrender (power or a position) | - |
| (verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: deny |
| aline | (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: adjust, align, line up |
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| amnesty | (verb) grant a pardon to (a group of people) | - |
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| anele | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil |
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| anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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| anneal | (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: normalize, temper |
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| annex | (verb) add an extra part to | - |
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| (verb) take (territory) as if by conquest | - |
| aquaplane | (verb) ride on an aquaplane | - |
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| (verb) rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road | - |
| atone | (verb) turn away from sin or do penitence | Synonyms: repent |
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| (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: aby, abye, expiate |
| attune | (verb) adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with | - |
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| auctioneer | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
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| baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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| baronetize | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetise |
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| bayonet | (verb) stab or kill someone with a bayonet | - |
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| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| benefice | (verb) endow with a benefice | - |
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| beneficiate | (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction | - |
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| benefit | (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: gain, profit |
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| (verb) be beneficial for | Synonyms: do good |
| birdnest | (verb) gather birdnests | Synonyms: bird-nest |
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| blarney | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| bone | (verb) remove the bones from | Synonyms: debone |
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| (verb) study intensively, as before an exam | Synonyms: bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up |
| bonnet | (verb) dress in a bonnet | - |
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| bottleneck | (verb) become narrow, like a bottleneck | - |
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| (verb) slow down or impede by creating an obstruction | - |
| brine | (verb) soak in brine | - |
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| buccaneer | (verb) live like a buccaneer | - |
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| calcimine | (verb) cover with calcimine | - |
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| calcine | (verb) heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces | - |
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| cane | (verb) beat with a cane | Synonyms: flog, lambast, lambaste |
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| carmine | (verb) color carmine | - |
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| channel | (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport |
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| (verb) direct the flow of | - |
| (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, conduct, convey, impart, transmit |
| channelise | (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport |
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| (verb) cause to form a channel | Synonyms: channelize |
| (verb) make a channel for; provide with a channel | Synonyms: channelize |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| channelize | (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, transfer, transmit, transport |
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| (verb) cause to form a channel | Synonyms: channelise |
| (verb) make a channel for; provide with a channel | Synonyms: channelise |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| chaperone | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperon |
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| chicane | (verb) raise trivial objections | Synonyms: carp, cavil |
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| (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft |
| chine | (verb) cut through the backbone of an animal | - |
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| cinematise | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematize |
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| cinematize | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematise |
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| clone | (verb) make multiple identical copies of | - |
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| cobblestone | (verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobble |
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| combine | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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| (verb) put or add together | Synonyms: compound |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: compound |
| (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: aggregate |
| (verb) add together from different sources | - |
| (verb) join for a common purpose or in a common action | - |
| (verb) have or possess in combination | Synonyms: unite |
| commune | (verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: communicate |
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| (verb) communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity | - |
| condone | (verb) excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with | Synonyms: excuse |
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| cone | (verb) make cone-shaped | - |
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| confine | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: constrain, hold, restrain |
| (verb) prevent from leaving or from being removed | - |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: detain |
| (verb) close in | Synonyms: enclose, hold in |
| connect | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, colligate, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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| (verb) join for the purpose of communication | - |
| (verb) join by means of communication equipment | - |
| (verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces | Synonyms: link, link up, tie |
| (verb) land on or hit solidly | - |
| (verb) plug into an outlet | Synonyms: plug in, plug into |
| (verb) hit or play a ball successfully | - |
| (verb) establish communication with someone | Synonyms: get in touch, touch base |
| (verb) establish a rapport or relationship | - |
| (verb) be or become joined or united or linked | Synonyms: join, link, link up, unite |
| (verb) be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation | - |
| containerise | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerize |
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| containerize | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerise |
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| contravene | (verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contradict, negate |
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| (verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: conflict, infringe, run afoul |
| convene | (verb) call together | Synonyms: convoke |
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| (verb) meet formally | - |
| corner | (verb) turn a corner | - |
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| (verb) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | Synonyms: tree |
| (verb) gain control over | - |
| countermine | (verb) destroy enemy mines with one's own mines | - |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| crane | (verb) stretch (the neck) so as to see better | Synonyms: stretch out |
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| crenel | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenelate, crenellate |
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| crenelate | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenel, crenellate |
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| crenellate | (verb) supply with battlements | Synonyms: crenel, crenelate |
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| damascene | (verb) inlay metal with gold and silver | - |
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| dateline | (verb) mark with a date and place | Synonyms: date-mark, datemark |
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| debone | (verb) remove the bones from | Synonyms: bone |
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| decline | (verb) grow smaller | Synonyms: go down, wane |
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| (verb) grow worse | Synonyms: worsen |
| (verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: refuse |
| (verb) inflect for number, gender, case, etc. | - |
| (verb) go down | - |
| (verb) fall in value | Synonyms: correct, slump |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: pass up, refuse, reject, turn down |
| defenestrate | (verb) throw through or out of the window | - |
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| define | (verb) give a definition for the meaning of a word | - |
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| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: determine, fix, limit, set, specify |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify |
| (verb) determine the nature of | - |
| (verb) show the form or outline of | Synonyms: delineate |
| degenerate | (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: deteriorate, devolve, drop |
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| delineate | (verb) describe in vivid detail | - |
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| (verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: describe, draw, line, trace |
| (verb) trace the shape of | Synonyms: limn, outline |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, specify |
| (verb) show the form or outline of | Synonyms: define |
| demagnetise | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetize |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetize |
| demagnetize | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetise |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetise |
| demineralise | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralize |
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| demineralize | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralise |
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| demonetise | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetize |
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| demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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| deplane | (verb) get off an airplane | - |
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| depone | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depose, swear |
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| destine | (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: designate, intend, specify |
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| (verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: designate, doom, fate |
| determine | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something | Synonyms: decide, make up one's mind |
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| (verb) fix conclusively or authoritatively | Synonyms: set |
| (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: influence, mold, mould, regulate, shape |
| (verb) fix in scope; fix the boundaries of | - |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: ascertain, find, find out |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, check, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, fix, limit, set, specify |
| (verb) settle conclusively; come to terms | Synonyms: settle, square off, square up |
| dethrone | (verb) remove a monarch from the throne | - |
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| dine | (verb) have supper; eat dinner | - |
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| (verb) give dinner to; host for dinner | - |
| discipline | (verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: correct, sort out |
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| (verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, train |
| disconnect | (verb) make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | - |
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| (verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: unplug |
| disincline | (verb) make unwilling | Synonyms: indispose |
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| divine | (verb) search by divining, as if with a rod | - |
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| (verb) perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers | - |
| domineer | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: tyrannise, tyrannize |
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| drone | (verb) talk in a monotonous voice | Synonyms: drone on |
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| (verb) make a monotonous low dull sound | - |
| electioneer | (verb) work actively for a political candidate or a party | - |
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| empanel | (verb) select from a list | Synonyms: impanel, panel |
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| (verb) enter into a list of prospective jurors | Synonyms: impanel |
| emplane | (verb) board a plane | Synonyms: enplane |
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| energise | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, brace, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) raise to a higher energy level | Synonyms: energize, excite |
| energize | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, brace, energise, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) raise to a higher energy level | Synonyms: energise, excite |
| enervate | (verb) weaken mentally or morally | - |
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| (verb) disturb the composure of | Synonyms: faze, unnerve, unsettle |
| engineer | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize |
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| (verb) design as an engineer | - |
| enplane | (verb) board a plane | Synonyms: emplane |
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| enshrine | (verb) enclose in a shrine | Synonyms: shrine |
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| (verb) hold sacred | Synonyms: saint |
| enthrone | (verb) put a monarch on the throne | Synonyms: throne |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: invest, vest |
| entwine | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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| (verb) tie or link together | Synonyms: knit |
| evanesce | (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, fade, fleet, pass, pass off |
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| examine | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, canvass, study |
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| (verb) question closely | - |
| (verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely | Synonyms: probe |
| (verb) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect | Synonyms: see |
| (verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: essay, prove, test, try, try out |
| exonerate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate |
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| eyewitness | (verb) be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes | - |
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| fine | (verb) impose a fine on | Synonyms: mulct |
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| (verb) record a fine as a penalty in a police record | Synonyms: ticket |
| finedraw | (verb) sew together very finely | - |
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| friendzone | (verb) To treat as a friend although the other party has romantic feelings | - |
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