| ablactate | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: wean |
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| abstain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: desist, refrain |
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| (verb) refrain from voting | - |
| advantage | (verb) give an advantage to | - |
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| agitate | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: budge, shift, stir |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: shake |
| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: foment, stir up |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: campaign, crusade, fight, press, push |
| amputate | (verb) remove surgically | Synonyms: cut off |
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| annotate | (verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: comment, gloss |
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| (verb) add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | Synonyms: footnote |
| antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
| antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
| apostatise | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatize, tergiversate |
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| apostatize | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatise, tergiversate |
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| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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| ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
| attach | (verb) become attached | - |
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| (verb) cause to be attached | - |
| (verb) be attached; be in contact with | - |
| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester |
| (verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: bind, bond, tie |
| attack | (verb) begin to injure | - |
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| (verb) set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task | - |
| (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, lash out, round, snipe |
| (verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: assail |
| (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: aggress |
| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assail, assault, set on |
| attain | (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: hit, reach |
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| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, reach |
| attaint | (verb) condemn by attainder | - |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
| auscultate | (verb) examine by auscultation | - |
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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 |
| bastardize | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardise |
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| (verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardise |
| botanise | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanize |
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| botanize | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanise |
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| brutalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalize |
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| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalize |
| (verb) treat brutally | Synonyms: brutalize |
| brutalize | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalise |
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| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalise |
| (verb) treat brutally | Synonyms: brutalise |
| capacitate | (verb) make capable | - |
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| (verb) cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | - |
| (verb) make legally capable or qualify in law | - |
| capitalise | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalize |
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| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalize, take advantage |
| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalize |
| capitalize | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalise |
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| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalise, take advantage |
| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalise |
| captain | (verb) be the captain of a sports team | - |
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| catabolise | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolize |
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| catabolize | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolise |
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| catalog | (verb) make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | Synonyms: catalogue |
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| (verb) make a catalogue, compile a catalogue | Synonyms: catalogue |
| catalogue | (verb) make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | Synonyms: catalog |
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| (verb) make a catalogue, compile a catalogue | Synonyms: catalog |
| catalyse | (verb) change by catalysis or cause to catalyze | Synonyms: catalyze |
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| catalyze | (verb) change by catalysis or cause to catalyze | Synonyms: catalyse |
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| catapult | (verb) shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult | - |
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| (verb) hurl as if with a sling | Synonyms: sling |
| circumstantiate | (verb) give circumstantial evidence for | - |
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| cogitate | (verb) use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments | Synonyms: cerebrate, think |
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| (verb) consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind | - |
| commentate | (verb) serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting | - |
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| (verb) make a commentary on | - |
| commutate | (verb) reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current | - |
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| compartmentalise | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalize, cut up |
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| compartmentalize | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalise, cut up |
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| consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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| (verb) unite in one common substance | - |
| contact | (verb) be in or establish communication with | Synonyms: get hold of, get through, reach |
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| (verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: adjoin, meet, touch |
| contain | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, check, hold back, stop, turn back |
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| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: comprise, incorporate |
| (verb) be divisible by | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, carry, hold |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: hold, take |
| containerise | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerize |
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| containerize | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerise |
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| contaminate | (verb) make impure | Synonyms: foul, pollute |
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| (verb) make radioactive by adding radioactive material | - |
| counterattack | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterstrike |
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| crepitate | (verb) make a crackling sound | Synonyms: crackle |
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| crystalise | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallize, effloresce |
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| (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalize, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystalize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallize, effloresce |
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| (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystallise, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystallise | (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
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| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystallize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, effloresce |
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| (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| curtail | (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curb, cut back, restrict |
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| (verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | Synonyms: clip, cut short |
| curtain | (verb) provide with drapery | - |
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| debilitate | (verb) make weak | Synonyms: drain, enfeeble |
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| decapitate | (verb) cut the head of | Synonyms: behead, decollate |
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| decontaminate | (verb) rid of contamination | - |
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| decrepitate | (verb) to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops | - |
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| (verb) undergo decrepitation and crackle | - |
| delimitate | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimit, demarcate |
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| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delineate, specify |
| demilitarise | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarize |
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| (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarize, disarm |
| demilitarize | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarise |
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| (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, disarm |
| destabilise | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilize |
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| (verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilize |
| destabilize | (verb) make unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
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| (verb) become unstable | Synonyms: destabilise |
| destain | (verb) remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast | - |
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| destalinise | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinize |
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| destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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| detach | (verb) come to be detached | Synonyms: come away, come off |
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| (verb) cause to become detached or separated; take off | - |
| (verb) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment | - |
| detail | (verb) assign to a specific task | - |
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| (verb) provide details for | - |
| detain | (verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed | Synonyms: delay, hold up |
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| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, stay |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: confine |
| devastate | (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste |
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| (verb) overwhelm or overpower | - |
| devitalise | (verb) sap of life or energy | Synonyms: devitalize |
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| devitalize | (verb) sap of life or energy | Synonyms: devitalise |
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| dictate | (verb) say out loud for the purpose of recording | - |
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| (verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: order, prescribe |
| (verb) rule as a dictator | - |
| digitalise | (verb) put into digital form, as for use in a computer | Synonyms: digitalize, digitise, digitize |
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| digitalize | (verb) administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects | - |
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| (verb) put into digital form, as for use in a computer | Synonyms: digitalise, digitise, digitize |
| disadvantage | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour |
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| disentangle | (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | Synonyms: comb, comb out |
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| (verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: straighten out, unsnarl |
| (verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: unwind |
| (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, extricate, untangle |
| (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disinvolve |
| disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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| disorientate | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorient |
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| dissertate | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: discourse, hold forth |
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| distance | (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: outdistance, outstrip |
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| (verb) keep at a distance | - |
| dovetail | (verb) fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail | - |
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| entail | (verb) limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs | Synonyms: fee-tail |
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| (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: implicate |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: imply, mean |
| entangle | (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: mat, snarl, tangle |
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| (verb) entrap | Synonyms: mire |
| entertain | (verb) take into consideration, have in view | Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) provide entertainment for | - |
| establish | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: demonstrate, prove, shew, show |
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| (verb) institute, enact, or establish | Synonyms: lay down, make |
| (verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, found, ground |
| (verb) place | Synonyms: instal, install, set up |
| (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, found, institute, plant |
| (verb) bring about | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) build or establish something abstract | Synonyms: build |
| (verb) set up or found | Synonyms: found, launch, set up |
| excogitate | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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| (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: contrive, devise, forge, formulate, invent |
| facilitate | (verb) make easier | Synonyms: alleviate, ease |
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| (verb) increase the likelihood of (a response) | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: help |
| fantasise | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasize, fantasy |
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| (verb) portray in the mind | Synonyms: fantasize |
| fantasize | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasise, fantasy |
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| (verb) portray in the mind | Synonyms: fantasise |
| fantasy | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasise, fantasize |
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| felicitate | (verb) express congratulations | Synonyms: congratulate |
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| fishtail | (verb) slow down by moving the tail sideways | - |
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| forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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| (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
| gestate | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize |
| grandstand | (verb) perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause | - |
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| gravitate | (verb) move due to the pull of gravitation | - |
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| (verb) be attracted to | - |
| (verb) move toward | - |
| grubstake | (verb) supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits | - |
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| habilitate | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, raiment, tog |
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| (verb) qualify for teaching at a university in Europe | - |
| handstamp | (verb) stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | Synonyms: rubberstamp |
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