| advocate | (verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
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| (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
| allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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| associate | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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| (verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: consociate |
| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, assort, consort |
| autoclave | (verb) subject to the action of an autoclave | - |
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| bemock | (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: mock |
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| block | (verb) shape into a block or blocks | - |
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| (verb) shape by using a block | - |
| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: freeze, immobilise, immobilize |
| (verb) be unable to remember | Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget |
| (verb) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | Synonyms: jam |
| (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: deflect, parry |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| (verb) obstruct | Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff |
| (verb) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block | - |
| (verb) support, secure, or raise with a block | - |
| (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
| (verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: obstruct |
| (verb) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| (verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop |
| (verb) run on a block system | - |
| blockade | (verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
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| (verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| bollocks | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| brocade | (verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
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| brooch | (verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch | Synonyms: clasp |
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| chock | (verb) support on chocks | - |
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| (verb) secure with chocks | - |
| clock | (verb) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | Synonyms: time |
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| cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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| cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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| cock | (verb) set the trigger of a firearm back for firing | - |
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| (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup |
| (verb) tilt or slant to one side | - |
| cocker | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
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| cockle | (verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | Synonyms: crumple, knit, pucker, rumple |
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| (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate |
| coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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| cocoon | (verb) wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection | - |
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| (verb) retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment | - |
| coldcock | (verb) knock down with force | Synonyms: deck, dump, floor, knock down |
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| collocate | (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: chunk, lump |
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| (verb) have a strong tendency to occur side by side | - |
| concoct | (verb) make a concoction (of) by mixing | - |
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| (verb) devise or invent | Synonyms: dream up, hatch, think of, think up |
| (verb) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients | Synonyms: cook up |
| (verb) invent | Synonyms: trump up |
| consociate | (verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: associate |
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| cooccur | (verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, coincide |
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| crochet | (verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | Synonyms: hook |
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| (verb) create by looping or crocheting | - |
| crock | (verb) soil with or as with crock | - |
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| (verb) release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric | - |
| decoct | (verb) extract the essence of something by boiling it | - |
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| (verb) steep in hot water | - |
| (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, concentrate, reduce |
| defrock | (verb) divest of the frock; of church officials | Synonyms: unfrock |
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| delocalize | (verb) remove from the proper or usual locality | - |
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| democratise | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
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| (verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
| democratize | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
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| (verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
| disassociate | (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
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| dislocate | (verb) move out of position | Synonyms: luxate, slip, splay |
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| (verb) put out of its usual place, position, or relationship | - |
| dissociate | (verb) to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms | - |
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| (verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: decouple |
| (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce |
| dock | (verb) maneuver into a dock | - |
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| (verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal | Synonyms: bob, tail |
| (verb) come into dock | - |
| (verb) deduct from someone's wages | - |
| (verb) deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty | - |
| docket | (verb) make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list | - |
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| (verb) place on the docket for legal action | - |
| doctor | (verb) give medical treatment to | - |
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| (verb) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive | Synonyms: doctor up, sophisticate |
| (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
| document | (verb) support or supply with references | - |
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| (verb) record in detail | - |
| drydock | (verb) maneuver (a ship) into a drydock | Synonyms: dry-dock |
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| electrocute | (verb) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair | Synonyms: fry |
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| (verb) kill by electric shock | - |
| elocute | (verb) declaim in an elocutionary manner | - |
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| embrocate | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, inunct, oil |
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| equivocate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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| flocculate | (verb) form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass | - |
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| (verb) cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate | - |
| flock | (verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, cluster, constellate |
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| (verb) move as a crowd or in a group | - |
| focalise | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus, sharpen |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalize, focus |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalize, localise, localize |
| focalize | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus, sharpen |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focus |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, localise, localize |
| focus | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize |
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| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize |
| (verb) cause to converge on or toward a central point | - |
| frock | (verb) put a frock on | - |
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| hock | (verb) disable by cutting the hock | - |
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| (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: pawn, soak |
| indoctrinate | (verb) teach doctrines to; teach uncritically | - |
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| inoculate | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunise, immunize, vaccinate |
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| (verb) insert a bud for propagation | - |
| (verb) impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to render immune | - |
| (verb) introduce a microorganism into | - |
| (verb) introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of | - |
| interlock | (verb) coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively | Synonyms: mesh |
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| (verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: lock |
| (verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, lock |
| jockey | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, screw, shaft |
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| (verb) ride a racehorse as a professional jockey | - |
| (verb) compete (for an advantage or a position) | - |
| knock | (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticise, criticize, pick apart |
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| (verb) knock against with force or violence | Synonyms: bump |
| (verb) rap with the knuckles | - |
| (verb) deliver a sharp blow or push | Synonyms: strike hard |
| (verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: pink, rap, tap |
| (verb) sound like a car engine that is firing too early | Synonyms: ping, pink |
| localise | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localize, place, set |
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| (verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localize |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localize |
| (verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localize, place |
| localize | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, place, set |
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| (verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localise |
| (verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localise |
| (verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localise, place |
| locate | (verb) take up residence and become established | Synonyms: settle |
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| (verb) discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining | Synonyms: turn up |
| (verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: place, site |
| (verb) determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | Synonyms: situate |
| lock | (verb) become rigid or immoveable | - |
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| (verb) fasten with a lock | - |
| (verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate |
| (verb) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | Synonyms: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up |
| (verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: interlock |
| (verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, interlock |
| (verb) build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | - |
| (verb) hold fast (in a certain state) | - |
| (verb) pass by means through a lock in a waterway | - |
| locomote | (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, move, travel |
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| microcopy | (verb) photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size | - |
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| mock | (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: bemock |
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| (verb) imitate with mockery and derision | - |
| mooch | (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, sponge |
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| negociate | (verb) discuss the terms of an arrangement | Synonyms: negotiate, talk terms |
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| (verb) confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement | - |
| (verb) succeed in passing through, around, or over | Synonyms: negotiate |
| (verb) transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received | - |
| (verb) sell or discount | - |
| (verb) be successful; achieve a goal | Synonyms: bring off, carry off, manage, pull off |
| nock | (verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: mark, score |
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| occasion | (verb) give occasion to | - |
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| occidentalise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalize, westernise, westernize |
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| occidentalize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, westernise, westernize |
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| occlude | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate |
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| occult | (verb) hide from view | - |
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| (verb) cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | Synonyms: eclipse |
| (verb) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished | - |
| occupy | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, engross |
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| (verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | Synonyms: invade |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: take, use up |
| (verb) keep busy with | Synonyms: busy |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, take |
| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, reside |
| (verb) occupy the whole of | Synonyms: fill |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, interest, worry |
| occur | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, pass, pass off, take place |
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| (verb) come to one's mind; suggest itself | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) to be found to exist | - |
| overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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| overstock | (verb) stock excessively | - |
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| padlock | (verb) fasten with a padlock | - |
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| photocopy | (verb) reproduce by xerography | Synonyms: run off, xerox |
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| pock | (verb) mark with a scar | Synonyms: mark, pit, scar |
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| pocket | (verb) put in one's pocket | - |
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| (verb) take unlawfully | Synonyms: bag |
| pockmark | (verb) mark with or as if with pockmarks | - |
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| pooch | (verb) round one's lips as if intending to kiss | Synonyms: pooch out |
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| preoccupy | (verb) engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively | - |
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| (verb) occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance | - |
| proceed | (verb) follow a certain course | Synonyms: go |
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| (verb) continue talking | Synonyms: carry on, continue, go on |
| (verb) move ahead; travel onward in time or space | Synonyms: continue, go forward, move ahead |
| (verb) follow a procedure or take a course | Synonyms: go, move |
| (verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity | Synonyms: continue, go along, go on, keep |
| process | (verb) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | Synonyms: treat |
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| (verb) perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information | - |
| (verb) deliver a warrant or summons to someone | Synonyms: serve, swear out |
| (verb) shape, form, or improve a material | Synonyms: work, work on |
| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, litigate, sue |
| (verb) deal with in a routine way | - |
| (verb) march in a procession | Synonyms: march |
| proclaim | (verb) state or announce | Synonyms: exclaim, promulgate |
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| (verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, extol, glorify, laud |
| (verb) declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles | - |
| (verb) affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | Synonyms: predicate |
| procrastinate | (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stall |
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| (verb) postpone or delay needlessly | - |
| procreate | (verb) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | Synonyms: multiply, reproduce |
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| proctor | (verb) watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) | Synonyms: invigilate |
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| procure | (verb) arrange for sexual partners for others | Synonyms: pander, pimp |
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| (verb) get by special effort | Synonyms: secure |
| radiolocate | (verb) locate by means of radar | - |
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| ratiocinate | (verb) reason methodologically and logically | - |
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| reallocate | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reapportion |
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| reciprocate | (verb) alternate the direction of motion of | - |
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| (verb) act, feel, or give mutually or in return | - |
| refocus | (verb) put again into focus or focus more sharply | - |
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| (verb) focus anew | - |
| (verb) focus once again | - |
| relocate | (verb) become established in a new location | - |
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| (verb) move or establish in a new location | - |
| renegociate | (verb) revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor | Synonyms: renegotiate |
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| (verb) negociate anew | Synonyms: renegotiate |
| reprocess | (verb) use again after processing | Synonyms: recycle, reuse |
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| restock | (verb) stock again | - |
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| ricochet | (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, spring, take a hop |
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| rock | (verb) move back and forth or sideways | Synonyms: shake, sway |
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| (verb) cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: sway |
| rocket | (verb) propel with a rocket | - |
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| (verb) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket | Synonyms: skyrocket |