| aspirate | (verb) inhale (air, water, etc.) | - |
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| (verb) pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds | - |
| (verb) remove by suction | Synonyms: draw out, suck out |
| aspire | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aim, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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| auspicate | (verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck | - |
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| (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
| coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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| conspire | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, machinate |
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| (verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: collude |
| despise | (verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, disdain, scorn |
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| dispirit | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, get down |
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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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| inspire | (verb) draw in (air) | Synonyms: breathe in, inhale |
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| (verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: revolutionise, revolutionize |
| (verb) serve as the inciting cause of | Synonyms: instigate, prompt |
| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: barrack, cheer, exhort, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| (verb) supply the inspiration for | - |
| (verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: animate, enliven, exalt, invigorate |
| inspirit | (verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: spirit, spirit up |
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| inspissate | (verb) become thick or thicker | Synonyms: thicken |
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| (verb) make thick or thicker | Synonyms: thicken |
| (verb) make viscous or dense | Synonyms: thicken |
| perspire | (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: sudate, sweat |
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| respire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, suspire, take a breath |
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| (verb) undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide | - |
| (verb) breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety | - |
| respite | (verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | Synonyms: reprieve |
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| spice | (verb) make more interesting or flavorful | Synonyms: spice up |
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| (verb) add herbs or spices to | Synonyms: spice up, zest |
| spiel | (verb) speak at great length (about something) | - |
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| (verb) replay (as a melody) | Synonyms: play |
| spike | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: fortify, lace |
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| (verb) bring forth a spike or spikes | Synonyms: spike out |
| (verb) manifest a sharp increase | - |
| (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, impale, transfix |
| (verb) secure with spikes | - |
| (verb) stand in the way of | - |
| spill | (verb) reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) | - |
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| (verb) reveal information | Synonyms: talk |
| (verb) cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over | Synonyms: disgorge, shed |
| (verb) pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: pour forth, shed |
| (verb) cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container | Synonyms: slop, splatter |
| (verb) flow, run or fall out and become lost | Synonyms: run out |
| spin | (verb) prolong or extend | Synonyms: spin out |
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| (verb) twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation | - |
| (verb) work natural fibers into a thread | - |
| (verb) form a web by making a thread | - |
| (verb) make up a story | - |
| (verb) stream in jets, of liquids | - |
| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin around, whirl |
| (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, twirl, whirl |
| spiral | (verb) to wind or move in a spiral course | Synonyms: coil, gyrate |
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| (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: corkscrew |
| (verb) form a spiral | - |
| spirit | (verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: inspirit, spirit up |
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| spiritise | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritize |
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| spiritize | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritise |
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| spiritualise | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualize |
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| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualize |
| spiritualize | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualise |
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| (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, transfigure |
| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualise |
| spirt | (verb) move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy | Synonyms: forge, spurt |
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| (verb) gush forth in a sudden stream or jet | Synonyms: gush, spout, spurt |
| spit | (verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spue |
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| (verb) utter with anger or contempt | Synonyms: spit out |
| (verb) drive a skewer through | Synonyms: skewer |
| (verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, sprinkle |
| spite | (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, wound |
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| suspire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, respire, take a breath |
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| (verb) heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily | Synonyms: sigh |
| transpirate | (verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpire |
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| transpire | (verb) give off (water) through the skin | - |
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| (verb) come to light; become known | - |
| (verb) exude water vapor | - |
| (verb) come about, happen, or occur | - |
| (verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpirate |