| categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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| catfish | (verb) To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity | - |
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| catheterise | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterize |
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| catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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| caucus | (verb) meet to select a candidate or promote a policy | - |
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| cause | (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: get, have, induce, make, stimulate |
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| (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally | Synonyms: do, make |
| causeway | (verb) pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles | - |
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| (verb) provide with a causeway | - |
| cauterise | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterize |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterize |
| cease | (verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
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| (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: end, finish, stop, terminate |
| cense | (verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: incense, thurify |
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| censor | (verb) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship | - |
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| (verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: ban |
| censure | (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: criminate, reprimand |
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| census | (verb) conduct a census | - |
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| centralise | (verb) make central | Synonyms: centralize, concentrate |
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| 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 |
| characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
| chase | (verb) cut a groove into | - |
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| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, furrow |
| (verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail |
| (verb) pursue someone sexually or romantically | Synonyms: chase after |
| chasse | (verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: sashay |
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| chasten | (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: temper |
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| (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: subdue, tame |
| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chastise, correct, objurgate |
| chastise | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate |
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| cheese | (verb) wind onto a cheese | - |
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| (verb) used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) | - |
| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| cherish | (verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, hold dear, treasure |
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| chisel | (verb) carve with a chisel | - |
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| (verb) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud | Synonyms: cheat |
| (verb) deprive somebody of something by deceit | Synonyms: cheat, rip off |
| choose | (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: pick out, select, take |
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| (verb) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way | - |
| (verb) select as an alternative over another | Synonyms: opt, prefer |
| chorus | (verb) utter in unison | - |
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| (verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: choir |
| chouse | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, jockey, screw, shaft |
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| christen | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, baptize |
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| chronologise | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologize |
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| cicatrise | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrize |
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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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| circularise | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularize |
| (verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularize |
| circumcise | (verb) cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys | - |
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| (verb) cut the skin over the clitoris | - |
| circumfuse | (verb) spread something around something | - |
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| circumscribe | (verb) restrict or confine within limits | Synonyms: confine to, limit |
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| (verb) draw a line around | - |
| (verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | - |
| circumstantiate | (verb) give circumstantial evidence for | - |
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| civilise | (verb) raise from a barbaric to a civilized state | Synonyms: civilize |
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| (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train |
| clash | (verb) disagree violently | - |
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| (verb) crash together with violent impact | Synonyms: collide |
| (verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | Synonyms: collide, jar |
| clasp | (verb) hold firmly and tightly | - |
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| (verb) grasp firmly | - |
| (verb) fasten with a buckle or buckles | Synonyms: buckle |
| (verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch | Synonyms: brooch |
| class | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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| classicise | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicize |
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| classicize | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicise |
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| classify | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, class, separate, sort, sort out |
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| (verb) assign to a class or kind | Synonyms: relegate |
| (verb) declare unavailable, as for security reasons | - |
| cleanse | (verb) clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing | Synonyms: clean |
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| (verb) purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins | - |
| cloister | (verb) seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister | - |
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| (verb) surround with a cloister | - |
| (verb) surround with a cloister, as of a garden | - |
| close | (verb) finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead | - |
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| (verb) complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement | - |
| (verb) move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut | Synonyms: shut |
| (verb) become closed | Synonyms: shut |
| (verb) bar access to | - |
| (verb) fill or stop up | Synonyms: fill up |
| (verb) bring together all the elements or parts of | - |
| (verb) unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of | Synonyms: close up |
| (verb) change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact | - |
| (verb) come together, as if in an embrace | Synonyms: come together |
| (verb) draw near | - |
| (verb) cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop | - |
| (verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating | Synonyms: close down, close up, fold, shut down |
| (verb) finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) | - |
| (verb) engage at close quarters | - |
| (verb) come to a close | Synonyms: conclude |
| (verb) be priced or listed when trading stops | - |
| closet | (verb) confine to a small space, as for intensive work | - |
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| closure | (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: cloture |
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| cluster | (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, bundle, clump |
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| (verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, constellate, flock |
| coalesce | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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| (verb) fuse or cause to grow together | - |
| coarsen | (verb) make less subtle or refined | - |
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| (verb) make or become coarse or coarser | - |
| coast | (verb) move effortlessly; by force of gravity | - |
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| cobblestone | (verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobble |
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| cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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| coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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| coexist | (verb) exist together | Synonyms: cohabit |
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| (verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations | - |
| cognise | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognize, know |
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| coinsure | (verb) take out coinsurance | - |
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| collapse | (verb) collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack | Synonyms: break down |
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| (verb) lose significance, effectiveness, or value | - |
| (verb) suffer a nervous breakdown | Synonyms: break up, crack, crack up, crock up |
| (verb) break down, literally or metaphorically | Synonyms: break, cave in, fall in, founder, give, give way |
| (verb) fold or close up | - |
| (verb) fall apart | Synonyms: break down, crumble, crumple, tumble |
| (verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: burst |
| collectivise | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivize |
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| colonise | (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonize |
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| (verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonize |
| colorcast | (verb) broadcast in color | - |
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| colorise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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| colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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| combust | (verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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| (verb) get very angry and fly into a rage | Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit |
| (verb) cause to become violent or angry | - |
| (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
| (verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: burn |
| commercialise | (verb) make commercial | Synonyms: commercialize, market |
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| commiserate | (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: sympathise, sympathize |
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| commission | (verb) charge with a task | - |
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| (verb) put into commission; equip for service; of ships | - |
| (verb) place an order for | - |
| communalise | (verb) make something the property of the commune or community | Synonyms: communalize |
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| communise | (verb) make into property owned by the state | Synonyms: communize |
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| (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, bolshevize, communize |
| compartmentalise | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalize, cut up |
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| compass | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) travel around, either by plane or ship | Synonyms: circumnavigate |
| (verb) bring about; accomplish | - |
| compassionate | (verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with |
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| compensate | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: recompense, remunerate |
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| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair |
| (verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: make up, pay, pay off |
| (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: correct, redress, right |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: cover, overcompensate |
| compose | (verb) make up plans or basic details for | Synonyms: draw up, frame |
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| (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: indite, pen, write |
| (verb) write music | Synonyms: write |
| (verb) put together out of existing material | Synonyms: compile |
| (verb) calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet | - |
| (verb) form the substance of | - |
| compost | (verb) convert to compost | - |
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| compress | (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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| (verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compact, pack together |
| comprise | (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: contain, incorporate |
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| (verb) be composed of | Synonyms: consist |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, constitute, make up, represent |
| compromise | (verb) settle by concession | - |
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| (verb) make a compromise; arrive at a compromise | - |
| (verb) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute | - |
| computerise | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerize, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerize |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerize |
| conceptualise | (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualize, gestate |
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| concertise | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertize |
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| concretise | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretize |
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| concuss | (verb) injure the brain; sustain a concussion | - |
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| (verb) shake violently | - |
| condense | (verb) make more concise | Synonyms: concentrate, digest |
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| (verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops | Synonyms: distil, distill |
| (verb) cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid | - |
| (verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, contract |
| (verb) remove water from | - |
| (verb) become more compact or concentrated | - |
| (verb) develop due to condensation | - |
| condescend | (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: deign, descend |
| (verb) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner | - |
| (verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | Synonyms: lower oneself, stoop |
| confess | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: fink, squeal |
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| (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, profess |
| (verb) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith | - |
| confiscate | (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
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| confuse | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, obnubilate, obscure |
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| (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confound |
| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| (verb) assemble without order or sense | Synonyms: jumble, mix up |
| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: disconcert, flurry, put off |
| congest | (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, crap up, foul |
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| conscript | (verb) enroll into service compulsorily | - |
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| consecrate | (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, hallow, sanctify |
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| (verb) dedicate to a deity by a vow | Synonyms: vow |
| (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: commit, dedicate, devote, give |
| (verb) appoint to a clerical posts | Synonyms: ordain, order, ordinate |
| consent | (verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: accept, go for |
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| conserve | (verb) preserve with sugar | - |
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| (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: economise, economize, husband |
| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: keep up, maintain, preserve |
| (verb) keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change | - |
| consider | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: reckon, regard, see, view |
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| (verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: deal, look at, take |
| (verb) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem | - |
| (verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge | Synonyms: believe, conceive, think |
| (verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: count, weigh |
| (verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: debate, deliberate, moot, turn over |
| (verb) give careful consideration to | Synonyms: study |
| (verb) look at attentively | Synonyms: regard |
| (verb) look at carefully; study mentally | Synonyms: look at, view |
| consign | (verb) give over to another for care or safekeeping | Synonyms: charge |
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| (verb) commit forever; commit irrevocably | - |
| (verb) send to an address | - |
| consist | (verb) originate (in) | Synonyms: dwell, lie, lie in |
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| (verb) be composed of | Synonyms: comprise |
| (verb) be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous | - |
| (verb) have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in | - |
| consociate | (verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: associate |
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| console | (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: comfort, solace, soothe |
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| consolidate | (verb) unite into one | - |
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| (verb) bring together into a single whole or system | - |
| (verb) make firm or secure; strengthen | - |
| (verb) make or form into a solid or hardened mass | - |
| (verb) form into a solid mass or whole | - |