| contribute | (verb) contribute to some cause | Synonyms: chip in, give, kick in |
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| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, impart, lend |
| (verb) provide | Synonyms: put up |
| (verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, lead |
| contrive | (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent |
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| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: design, plan, project |
| (verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: cast, project, throw |
| control | (verb) have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of | Synonyms: master |
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| (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
| (verb) verify by using a duplicate register for comparison | - |
| (verb) handle and cause to function | Synonyms: operate |
| (verb) maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage | Synonyms: keep in line, manipulate |
| (verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: command |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard | Synonyms: verify |
| (verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: restrict |
| controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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| (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
| contuse | (verb) injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | Synonyms: bruise |
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| convalesce | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: recover, recuperate |
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| convect | (verb) circulate hot air by convection | - |
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| convene | (verb) call together | Synonyms: convoke |
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| (verb) meet formally | - |
| conventionalise | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalize |
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| conventionalize | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalise |
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| (verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: stylise, stylize |
| converge | (verb) come together so as to form a single product | - |
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| (verb) move or draw together at a certain location | - |
| (verb) be adjacent or come together | Synonyms: meet |
| (verb) approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit | - |
| converse | (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: discourse |
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| convert | (verb) change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy | Synonyms: change over |
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| (verb) change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief | - |
| (verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: change, commute, exchange |
| (verb) change the nature, purpose, or function of something | - |
| (verb) change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change | - |
| (verb) cause to adopt a new or different faith | - |
| (verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one | Synonyms: commute, exchange |
| (verb) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: convince, win over |
| (verb) score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone | - |
| convey | (verb) (of information) make known; pass on | - |
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| (verb) serve as a means for expressing something | Synonyms: carry, express |
| (verb) go or come after and bring or take back | Synonyms: bring, fetch, get |
| (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: bring, take |
| (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, impart, transmit |
| (verb) transmit a title or property | - |
| (verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: communicate, transmit |
| convict | (verb) find or declare guilty | - |
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| convince | (verb) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: convert, win over |
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| convoke | (verb) call together | Synonyms: convene |
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| convolute | (verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around |
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| (verb) curl, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: convolve |
| convolve | (verb) curl, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: convolute |
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| convoy | (verb) escort in transit | - |
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| convulse | (verb) be overcome with laughter | - |
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| (verb) make someone convulse with laughter | - |
| (verb) contract involuntarily, as in a spasm | - |
| (verb) cause to contract | - |
| (verb) move or stir about violently | Synonyms: jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss |
| (verb) shake uncontrollably | - |
| coronate | (verb) invest with regal power; enthrone | Synonyms: crown |
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| correspond | (verb) exchange messages | - |
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| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | Synonyms: represent, stand for |
| (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: equate |
| cosponsor | (verb) sponsor together with another sponsor | - |
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| cotton | (verb) take a liking to | - |
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| crayon | (verb) write, draw, or trace with a crayon | - |
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| crimson | (verb) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | Synonyms: blush, flush, redden |
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| cronk | (verb) utter a hoarse sound, like a raven | Synonyms: croak |
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| (verb) cry like a goose | Synonyms: honk |
| croon | (verb) sing softly | - |
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| cushion | (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: buffer, soften |
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| deaccession | (verb) sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works | - |
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| debone | (verb) remove the bones from | Synonyms: bone |
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| decarbonate | (verb) remove carbon dioxide from | - |
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| decarbonise | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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| decarbonize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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| decolonise | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonize |
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| decolonize | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonise |
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| decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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| deconcentrate | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, decentralize |
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| deconsecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: desecrate, unhallow |
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| deconstruct | (verb) interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing | - |
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| decontaminate | (verb) rid of contamination | - |
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| decontrol | (verb) relax or remove controls of | - |
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| deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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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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| demonise | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonize |
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| demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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| demonstrate | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: establish, prove, shew, show |
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| (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, evidence, manifest |
| (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, show |
| (verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: march |
| denationalise | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalize |
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| denationalize | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalise |
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| depersonalise | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalize, objectify |
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| depersonalize | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify |
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| depone | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depose, swear |
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| derequisition | (verb) release from government control | - |
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| despond | (verb) lose confidence or hope; become dejected | - |
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| desynchronise | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronize |
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| desynchronize | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronise |
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| dethrone | (verb) remove a monarch from the throne | - |
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| detonate | (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, explode, set off |
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| (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, explode |
| diagonalise | (verb) transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix | Synonyms: diagonalize |
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| diagonalize | (verb) transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix | Synonyms: diagonalise |
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| dimension | (verb) shape or form to required dimensions | - |
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| (verb) indicate the dimensions on | - |
| dingdong | (verb) go `ding dong', like a bell | Synonyms: ding, dong |
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| diphthongise | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongize |
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| diphthongize | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongise |
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| disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
| disconnect | (verb) make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | - |
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| (verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: unplug |
| 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 | - |
| disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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| dishonor | (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonour |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonour, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonour | (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonor |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| disillusion | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disenchant |
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| dissonate | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: disharmonize |
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| (verb) be dissonant or harsh | - |
| don | (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, get into, put on, wear |
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| donate | (verb) give to a charity or good cause | - |
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| dong | (verb) go `ding dong', like a bell | Synonyms: ding, dingdong |
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| dragoon | (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: railroad, sandbag |
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| (verb) subjugate by imposing troops | - |
| drone | (verb) talk in a monotonous voice | Synonyms: drone on |
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| (verb) make a monotonous low dull sound | - |
| ebonise | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonize |
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| ebonize | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonise |
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| economise | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economize, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economize, save |
| economize | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, save |
| electioneer | (verb) work actively for a political candidate or a party | - |
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| elongate | (verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: stretch |
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| emblazon | (verb) decorate with heraldic arms | Synonyms: blazon |
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| (verb) decorate with colors | Synonyms: color, colour |
| encrimson | (verb) make crimson | - |
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| ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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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 |
| environ | (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, ring, skirt, surround |
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| envision | (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
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| (verb) picture to oneself; imagine possible | Synonyms: foresee |
| exonerate | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate |
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| falcon | (verb) hunt with falcons | - |
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| fashion | (verb) make out of components (often in an improvising manner) | Synonyms: forge |
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| festoon | (verb) decorate with strings of flowers | - |
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| fictionalise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalize, novelise, novelize |
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| (verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalize, retell |
| fictionalize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, novelise, novelize |
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| (verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalise, retell |
| fondle | (verb) touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner | Synonyms: caress |
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| fraction | (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: divide |
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