| extirpate | (verb) surgically remove (an organ) | - |
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| (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: deracinate, root out, uproot |
| (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot |
| extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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| (verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
| (verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
| fingerprint | (verb) take an impression of a person's fingerprints | - |
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| fingerspell | (verb) communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language | Synonyms: finger-spell |
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| fireproof | (verb) make resistant to fire | - |
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| flap | (verb) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | - |
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| (verb) make a fuss; be agitated | Synonyms: dither, pother |
| (verb) to flutter noisily when moved by the wind | - |
| (verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: roll, undulate, wave |
| (verb) move with a flapping motion | Synonyms: beat |
| (verb) move with a thrashing motion | Synonyms: beat |
| flip | (verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | Synonyms: alternate, flip-flop, interchange, switch, tack |
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| (verb) go mad, go crazy | Synonyms: flip out |
| (verb) react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way | Synonyms: flip out |
| (verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: pitch, sky, toss |
| (verb) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | Synonyms: switch, throw |
| (verb) turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse | Synonyms: flip over, turn over |
| (verb) move with a flick or light motion | - |
| (verb) lightly throw to see which side comes up | Synonyms: toss |
| (verb) cause to move with a flick | Synonyms: flick |
| (verb) toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air | Synonyms: twitch |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb |
| flop | (verb) fall suddenly and abruptly | - |
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| (verb) fall loosely | - |
| (verb) fail utterly; collapse | Synonyms: fall flat, fall through, founder |
| flump | (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
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| (verb) fall heavily | Synonyms: flump down |
| foolproof | (verb) proof against human misuse or error | Synonyms: goof-proof, goofproof |
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| frap | (verb) take up the slack of | - |
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| (verb) make secure by lashing | - |
| gallop | (verb) ride at a galloping pace | - |
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| (verb) go at galloping speed | - |
| (verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: extend |
| galumph | (verb) move around heavily and clumsily | - |
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| gap | (verb) make an opening or gap in | Synonyms: breach |
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| gape | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gawk, gawp, goggle |
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| (verb) be wide open | Synonyms: yaw, yawn |
| gasp | (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: heave, pant, puff |
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| gawp | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gape, gawk, goggle |
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| gazump | (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
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| (verb) raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price | - |
| gimp | (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: hitch, hobble, limp |
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| gip | (verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | Synonyms: gyp |
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| glimpse | (verb) catch a glimpse of or see briefly | - |
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| goldplate | (verb) plate with gold | Synonyms: gold-plate, gold plate |
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| goofproof | (verb) proof against human misuse or error | Synonyms: foolproof, goof-proof |
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| gossip | (verb) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies | Synonyms: dish the dirt |
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| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
| graph | (verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: chart |
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| (verb) plot upon a graph | - |
| grapple | (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grip |
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| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, make do, make out, manage |
| grasp | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) hold firmly | Synonyms: hold on |
| grip | (verb) hold fast or firmly | - |
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| (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grapple |
| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, spellbind, transfix |
| gripe | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk |
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| grope | (verb) feel about uncertainly or blindly | Synonyms: fumble |
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| (verb) fondle for sexual pleasure | - |
| (verb) search blindly or uncertainly | - |
| group | (verb) arrange into a group or groups | - |
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| (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: aggroup |
| gulp | (verb) utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly | - |
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| (verb) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught | Synonyms: quaff, swig |
| gyp | (verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | Synonyms: gip |
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| hamper | (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, halter, strangle |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: handicap, hinder |
| handicap | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, incapacitate, invalid |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: hamper, hinder |
| (verb) attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant | - |
| handstamp | (verb) stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | Synonyms: rubberstamp |
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| hap | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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| happen | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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| (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: materialise, materialize |
| (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
| (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find |
| (verb) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation | - |
| harp | (verb) come back to | Synonyms: dwell |
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| (verb) play the harp | - |
| harpoon | (verb) spear with a harpoon | - |
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| hasp | (verb) secure or lock with a hasp | - |
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| heap | (verb) fill to overflow | - |
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| (verb) arrange in stacks | Synonyms: pile, stack |
| (verb) bestow in large quantities | - |
| hectograph | (verb) copy on a duplicator | - |
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| hedgehop | (verb) fly very close to the ground | Synonyms: flat-hat |
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| heliograph | (verb) signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays | - |
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| help | (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: aid |
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| (verb) improve; change for the better | - |
| (verb) help to some food; help with food or drink | Synonyms: serve |
| (verb) take or use | Synonyms: avail |
| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, assist |
| (verb) contribute to the furtherance of | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: facilitate |
| (verb) abstain from doing; always used with a negative | Synonyms: help oneself |
| hiccup | (verb) breathe spasmodically, and make a sound | Synonyms: hiccough |
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| hoop | (verb) bind or fasten with a hoop | - |
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| hop | (verb) jump lightly | Synonyms: hop-skip, skip |
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| (verb) make a jump forward or upward | - |
| (verb) jump across | - |
| (verb) traverse as if by a short airplane trip | - |
| (verb) move quickly from one place to another | - |
| (verb) travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc. | - |
| hope | (verb) intend with some possibility of fulfilment | Synonyms: go for |
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| (verb) be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes | - |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: desire, trust |
| hopple | (verb) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | Synonyms: hobble |
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| horripilate | (verb) cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps | - |
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| (verb) have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps | - |
| horsewhip | (verb) whip with a whip intended for horses | - |
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| hospitalise | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalize |
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| hospitalize | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalise |
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| housekeep | (verb) maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household | - |
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| hump | (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
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| (verb) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | Synonyms: hunch, hunch forward, hunch over |
| hydroplane | (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: seaplane |
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| hype | (verb) publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner | - |
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| hyperbolise | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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| hyperbolize | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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| hyperextend | (verb) extend a joint beyond its normal range | - |
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| hypertrophy | (verb) undergo hypertrophy | - |
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| hyperventilate | (verb) breathe excessively hard and fast | - |
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| (verb) produce hyperventilation in | - |
| hyphen | (verb) divide or connect with a hyphen | Synonyms: hyphenate |
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| hyphenate | (verb) divide or connect with a hyphen | Synonyms: hyphen |
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| hypnotise | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize |
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| hypnotize | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, mesmerise, mesmerize |
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| hypophysectomise | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomize |
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| hypophysectomize | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomise |
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| hypostatise | (verb) construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity | Synonyms: hypostatize |
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| hypostatize | (verb) construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity | Synonyms: hypostatise |
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| hypothecate | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| (verb) pledge without delivery or title of possession | - |
| hypothesise | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| hypothesize | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| impact | (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on |
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| (verb) press or wedge together; pack together | - |
| impair | (verb) make worse or less effective | - |
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| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate |
| impale | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, spike, transfix |
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| (verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: stake |
| impanel | (verb) select from a list | Synonyms: empanel, panel |
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| (verb) enter into a list of prospective jurors | Synonyms: empanel |
| impart | (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, transmit |
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| (verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, leave, pass on |
| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, lend |
| impeach | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, incriminate |
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| (verb) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office | - |
| (verb) challenge the honesty or veracity of | - |
| impede | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
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| (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to | Synonyms: hinder |
| impel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: propel |
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| (verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: force |
| impend | (verb) be imminent or about to happen | - |
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| imperil | (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten |
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| impersonate | (verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | Synonyms: personate, pose |
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| (verb) represent another person with comic intentions | - |
| (verb) assume or act the character of | Synonyms: portray |
| impinge | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: encroach, infringe |
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| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, entrench, trench |
| implant | (verb) put firmly in the mind | Synonyms: plant |
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| (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, plant |
| (verb) become attached to and embedded in the uterus | - |
| implement | (verb) pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue | Synonyms: carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, go through with, put through |
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| (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: apply, enforce |
| (verb) apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design | - |
| implicate | (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: entail |
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| (verb) bring into intimate and incriminating connection | - |
| implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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| implore | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, pray |
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| imply | (verb) express or state indirectly | Synonyms: connote |
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| (verb) suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic | - |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: entail, mean |
| (verb) have as a necessary feature | Synonyms: involve |
| (verb) suggest that someone is guilty | Synonyms: incriminate, inculpate |
| import | (verb) indicate or signify | Synonyms: spell |
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| (verb) bring in from abroad | - |
| (verb) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document | - |
| importune | (verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: insist |
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| impose | (verb) impose something unpleasant | Synonyms: bring down, inflict, visit |
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| (verb) impose and collect | Synonyms: levy |
| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: constrain, enforce |
| impound | (verb) place or shut up in a pound | Synonyms: pound |
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| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, seize, sequester |
| impoverish | (verb) take away | Synonyms: deprive |
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| (verb) make poor | - |
| imprecate | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, maledict |
| impregnate | (verb) make pregnant | Synonyms: bang up, knock up, prang up |
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| (verb) fertilize and cause to grow | - |
| (verb) infuse or fill completely | Synonyms: saturate |
| (verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: infuse, instill, tincture |