| counterbalance | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
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| (verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| counterchallenge | (verb) challenge in turn | - |
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| counterchange | (verb) cause to change places | Synonyms: interchange, transpose |
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| countercheck | (verb) check a second time | - |
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| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: counteract |
| counterclaim | (verb) set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim | - |
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| counterfeit | (verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: fake, forge |
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| countermand | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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| countermarch | (verb) change the order of soldiers during a march | - |
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| (verb) march back along the same way | - |
| 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 |
| counterplot | (verb) make a plot in response to another plot | - |
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| counterpoint | (verb) write in counterpoint | - |
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| (verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: contrast |
| counterpoise | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpose, counterweight |
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| counterpose | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterweight |
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| countersign | (verb) add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity | - |
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| countersink | (verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: set |
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| counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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| countervail | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, neutralize |
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| (verb) compensate for or counterbalance | Synonyms: offset |
| counterweight | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterpose |
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| covenant | (verb) enter into a covenant or formal agreement | - |
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| (verb) enter into a covenant | - |
| daunt | (verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: dash, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off |
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| decant | (verb) pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment | Synonyms: pour, pour out |
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| decentralise | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralize, deconcentrate |
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| decentralize | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, deconcentrate |
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| deconcentrate | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, decentralize |
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| decontaminate | (verb) rid of contamination | - |
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| decontrol | (verb) relax or remove controls of | - |
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| dedifferentiate | (verb) lose specialization in form or function | - |
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| dent | (verb) make a depression into | Synonyms: indent |
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| descant | (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: warble, yodel |
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| (verb) talk at great length about something of one's interest | - |
| (verb) sing in descant | - |
| differentiate | (verb) become distinct and acquire a different character | - |
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| (verb) become different during development | - |
| (verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: specialise, specialize, speciate |
| (verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative | - |
| (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
| (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: distinguish, mark |
| disadvantage | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour |
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| disappoint | (verb) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | Synonyms: let down |
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| discontent | (verb) make dissatisfied | - |
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| discontinue | (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, stop |
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| (verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
| (verb) come to or be at an end | - |
| discount | (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
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| (verb) give a reduction in price on | - |
| discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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| (verb) look with disfavor on | - |
| disenchant | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disillusion |
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| disentangle | (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | Synonyms: comb, comb out |
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| (verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: straighten out, unsnarl |
| (verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: unwind |
| (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, extricate, untangle |
| (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disinvolve |
| disgruntle | (verb) put into a bad mood or into bad humour | - |
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| disintegrate | (verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity | - |
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| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, decompose |
| (verb) cause to undergo fission or lose particles | - |
| disinter | (verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | Synonyms: exhume |
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| disjoint | (verb) become separated, disconnected or disjoint | Synonyms: disjoin |
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| (verb) make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of | Synonyms: disjoin |
| (verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disarticulate |
| (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
| dismantle | (verb) take off or remove | Synonyms: strip |
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| (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces | Synonyms: break apart, break up, disassemble, take apart |
| (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down |
| dismount | (verb) alight from (a horse) | Synonyms: get down, get off, light, unhorse |
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| disorient | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorientate |
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| disorientate | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorient |
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| dissent | (verb) withhold assent | - |
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| (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: differ, disagree, take issue |
| (verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: protest, resist |
| document | (verb) support or supply with references | - |
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| (verb) record in detail | - |
| enchant | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
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| (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| encounter | (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: meet, play, take on |
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| (verb) come together | Synonyms: come across, meet, run across, run into, see |
| (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen |
| (verb) be beset by | Synonyms: run into |
| (verb) experience as a reaction | Synonyms: meet, receive |
| entail | (verb) limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs | Synonyms: fee-tail |
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| (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: implicate |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: imply, mean |
| entangle | (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: mat, snarl, tangle |
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| (verb) entrap | Synonyms: mire |
| enter | (verb) set out on (an enterprise or subject of study) | Synonyms: embark |
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| (verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form | Synonyms: put down, record |
| (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: participate |
| (verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: infix, insert, introduce |
| (verb) come on stage | - |
| (verb) to come or go into | Synonyms: come in, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into |
| (verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: accede |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, inscribe, raise, recruit |
| (verb) be or play a part of or in | Synonyms: figure |
| entertain | (verb) take into consideration, have in view | Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) provide entertainment for | - |
| enthral | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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| enthrall | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport |
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| enthrone | (verb) put a monarch on the throne | Synonyms: throne |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: invest, vest |
| enthuse | (verb) utter with enthusiasm | - |
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| (verb) cause to feel enthusiasm | - |
| entice | (verb) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | Synonyms: lure, tempt |
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| entitle | (verb) give a title to | Synonyms: title |
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| (verb) give the right to | - |
| (verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: ennoble, gentle |
| entomb | (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest |
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| entrain | (verb) board a train | - |
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| entrance | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: spellbind |
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| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance |
| entrap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up |
| entreat | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press |
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| entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: intrench |
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| (verb) occupy a trench or secured area | Synonyms: dig in |
| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, impinge, trench |
| entrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, intrust, trust |
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| (verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: leave |
| entwine | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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| (verb) tie or link together | Synonyms: knit |
| eventuate | (verb) come out in the end | - |
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| exenterate | (verb) remove the contents of (an organ) | - |
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| experiment | (verb) to conduct a test or investigation | - |
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| (verb) try something new, as in order to gain experience | Synonyms: try out |
| faint | (verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, pass out, swoon |
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| fantasise | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasize, fantasy |
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| (verb) portray in the mind | Synonyms: fantasize |
| fantasize | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasise, fantasy |
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| (verb) portray in the mind | Synonyms: fantasise |
| fantasy | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasise, fantasize |
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| feint | (verb) deceive by a mock action | - |
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| ferment | (verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: sour, turn, work |
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| (verb) cause to undergo fermentation | Synonyms: work |
| (verb) work up into agitation or excitement | - |
| (verb) be in an agitated or excited state | - |
| fingerprint | (verb) take an impression of a person's fingerprints | - |
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| flaunt | (verb) display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | Synonyms: flash, ostentate, show off, swank |
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| foment | (verb) bathe with warm water or medicated lotions | - |
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| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: agitate, stir up |
| foxhunt | (verb) hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs | - |
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| fragment | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragmentise, fragmentize |
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| fragmentise | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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| fragmentize | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentise |
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| frequent | (verb) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place | Synonyms: haunt |
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| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| front | (verb) confront bodily | Synonyms: breast |
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| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | Synonyms: face, look |
| gallivant | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gad, jazz around |
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| garment | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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| gentle | (verb) stroke soothingly | - |
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| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| (verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: ennoble, entitle |
| gentrify | (verb) renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations | - |
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| glint | (verb) be shiny, as if wet | Synonyms: gleam, glisten, glitter, shine |
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| (verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glance, peek |
| grant | (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: concede, yield |
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| (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, allot |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: allow |
| (verb) transfer by deed | Synonyms: deed over |
| (verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: award |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, concede, yield |
| (verb) bestow, especially officially | Synonyms: give |
| grunt | (verb) issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise | - |
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| gruntle | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
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| guarantee | (verb) give surety or assume responsibility | Synonyms: vouch |
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| (verb) promise to do or accomplish | Synonyms: undertake |
| (verb) stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of | Synonyms: warrant |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, ensure, insure, secure |
| haunt | (verb) haunt like a ghost; pursue | Synonyms: ghost, obsess |
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| (verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to | Synonyms: stalk |
| (verb) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place | Synonyms: frequent |
| hint | (verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint | Synonyms: suggest |
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| hunt | (verb) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) | Synonyms: hunt down, run, track down |
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| (verb) search (an area) for prey | - |
| (verb) seek, search for | - |
| (verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hound, trace |
| (verb) chase away, with as with force | - |
| (verb) yaw back and forth about a flight path | - |
| (verb) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent | - |
| hyperventilate | (verb) breathe excessively hard and fast | - |
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| (verb) produce hyperventilation in | - |
| identify | (verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | Synonyms: place |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name |
| (verb) consider to be equal or the same | - |
| (verb) conceive of as united or associated | - |
| (verb) consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else | - |
| (verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: name |