abase | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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abrase | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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(verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
abseil | (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: rappel, rope down |
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absent | (verb) stay away or leave | Synonyms: remove |
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abuse | (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: misuse, pervert |
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(verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively | - |
(verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: blackguard, clapperclaw, shout |
(verb) treat badly | Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step |
acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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accurse | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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accuse | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: criminate, impeach, incriminate |
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(verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: charge |
acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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actualise | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
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(verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualize, realise, realize, substantiate |
advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
advise | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: counsel, rede |
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(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
(verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: propose, suggest |
aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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(verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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(verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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(verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
alkalinise | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
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(verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
alkalise | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalize, basify |
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allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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(verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
alphabetise | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetize |
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aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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amuse | (verb) make (somebody) laugh | - |
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(verb) occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion | Synonyms: disport, divert |
anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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analogise | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogize |
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analyse | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyze, canvass, examine, study |
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(verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze, break down, dissect, take apart |
(verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyze, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze |
(verb) break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze |
anastomose | (verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | Synonyms: inosculate |
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(verb) come together or open into each other | Synonyms: inosculate |
anathematise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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anathemise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
anatomise | (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomize |
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ancylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ankylose |
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(verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ankylose |
anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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animalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
(verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalize |
animise | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animize |
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ankylose | (verb) undergo ankylosis | Synonyms: ancylose |
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(verb) produce ankylosis by surgery | Synonyms: ancylose |
anodise | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodize |
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antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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(verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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apologise | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologize |
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(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
apostatise | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatize, tergiversate |
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apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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apotheose | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheosise, apotheosize |
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apotheosise | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosize |
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appease | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: propitiate |
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(verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: quell, stay |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
appose | (verb) place side by side or in close proximity | - |
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appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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(verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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(verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
(verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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(verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
(verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
(verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
(verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
(verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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arouse | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
(verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up |
(verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: stir |
arterialise | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialize |
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asperse | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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assemble | (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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(verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meet |
(verb) get people together | Synonyms: gather, get together |
assent | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, acquiesce |
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assert | (verb) postulate positively and assertively | Synonyms: insist |
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(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify |
(verb) state categorically | Synonyms: asseverate, maintain |
(verb) insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized | Synonyms: put forward |
assess | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
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(verb) estimate the value of (property) for taxation | - |
(verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | Synonyms: tax |
(verb) charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine | - |
asseverate | (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, maintain |
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atomise | (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomize |
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(verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomize, nuke, zap |
(verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomize |
attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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(verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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avulse | (verb) separate by avulsion | - |
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bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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baptise | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptize, christen |
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barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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(verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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base | (verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: establish, found, ground |
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(verb) use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes | Synonyms: free-base |
(verb) situate as a center of operations | - |
basset | (verb) appear at the surface | Synonyms: crop out |
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bastardise | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardize |
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(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardize |
bemuse | (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bewilder, discombobulate, throw |
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beseech | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
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beseem | (verb) accord or comport with | Synonyms: befit, suit |
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beset | (verb) assail or attack on all sides: | Synonyms: set upon |
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(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: encrust, incrust |
(verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke |
bestialise | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialize |
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bisect | (verb) cut in half or cut in two | - |
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bituminise | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminize |
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bolshevise | (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevize, communise, communize |
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bonderise | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderize |
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botanise | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanize |
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bouse | (verb) haul with a tackle | Synonyms: bowse |
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bowdlerise | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten |
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bowse | (verb) haul with a tackle | Synonyms: bouse |
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braise | (verb) cook in liquid | - |
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breathalyse | (verb) test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer | Synonyms: breathalyze |
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browse | (verb) eat lightly, try different dishes | Synonyms: graze |
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(verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | Synonyms: surf |
(verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: crop, graze, pasture, range |
(verb) shop around; not necessarily buying | Synonyms: shop |
bruise | (verb) damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure | - |
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(verb) break up into small pieces for food preparation | - |
(verb) injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | Synonyms: contuse |
(verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound |