| acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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| acclimatize | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatise |
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| acetify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acidify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acidify, acidulate, sour |
| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| action | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: litigate, process, sue |
| activate | (verb) make active or more active | - |
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| (verb) make (substances) radioactive | - |
| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: aerate |
| (verb) make more adsorptive | - |
| (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
| 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 |
| advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
| aestivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: estivate |
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| agglutinate | (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
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| (verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
| alphabetise | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetize |
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| alphabetize | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetise |
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| (verb) provide with an alphabet | - |
| ambition | (verb) have as one's ambition | - |
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| amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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| amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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| anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anaesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, 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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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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| 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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| anathematize | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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| antic | (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: clown, clown around |
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| anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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| (verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
| (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
| (verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
| (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
| antiquate | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antique |
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| (verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned | - |
| antique | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antiquate |
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| (verb) shop for antiques | - |
| antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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| 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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| apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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| (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
| apprentice | (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
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| aquatint | (verb) etch in aquatint | - |
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| aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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| aromatize | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatise, perfume |
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| article | (verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
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| articulate | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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| (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
| (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
| (verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
| (verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
| attire | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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| attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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| auction | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction off, auctioneer |
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| auctioneer | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
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| audition | (verb) perform in order to get a role | Synonyms: try out |
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| authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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| automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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| (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
| automatize | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatise |
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| (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatise |
| backstitch | (verb) do backstitches | - |
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| baptise | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptize, christen |
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| baptize | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, christen |
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| baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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| baronetize | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetise |
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| bastinado | (verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet | - |
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| batik | (verb) dye with wax | - |
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| beatify | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood | - |
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| (verb) make blessedly happy | - |
| (verb) fill with sublime emotion | Synonyms: exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink |
| beautify | (verb) make more beautiful | Synonyms: embellish, fancify, prettify |
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| (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, grace |
| bestialise | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialize |
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| bestialize | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialise |
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| bestir | (verb) become active | Synonyms: rouse |
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| betide | (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
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| brattice | (verb) supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines | - |
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| bulletin | (verb) make public by bulletin | - |
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| cantilever | (verb) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed | - |
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| (verb) project as a cantilever | - |
| cantillate | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: chant, intonate, intone |
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| caption | (verb) provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing | - |
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| captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| castigate | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate |
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| (verb) inflict severe punishment on | - |
| caution | (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, monish |
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| certificate | (verb) authorize by certificate | - |
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| (verb) present someone with a certificate | - |
| certify | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
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| (verb) declare legally insane | - |
| (verb) guarantee payment on; of checks | - |
| (verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: endorse, indorse |
| (verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: licence, license |
| chastise | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate |
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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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| cinematize | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematise |
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| circumstantiate | (verb) give circumstantial evidence for | - |
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| citify | (verb) accustom to urban ways | - |
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| collectivise | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivize |
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| collectivize | (verb) bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises | Synonyms: collectivise |
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| concertina | (verb) collapse like a concertina | - |
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| concertise | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertize |
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| concertize | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertise |
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| concretise | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretize |
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| concretize | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretise |
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| (verb) make something concrete | - |
| condition | (verb) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny | - |
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| (verb) put into a better state | - |
| (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: qualify, specify, stipulate |
| (verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, discipline, train |
| (verb) establish a conditioned response | - |
| confection | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
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| conglutinate | (verb) stick together | - |
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| (verb) cause to adhere | Synonyms: coapt |
| constipate | (verb) cause to be constipated | Synonyms: bind |
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| (verb) impede with a clog or as if with a clog | Synonyms: clog |
| constitute | (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: establish, found, institute, plant |
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| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, name, nominate |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, comprise, make up, represent |
| (verb) to compose or represent | Synonyms: form, make |
| constitutionalise | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalize |
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| constitutionalize | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalise |
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| (verb) take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal | - |
| (verb) provide with a constitution, as of a country | - |
| consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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| (verb) unite in one common substance | - |
| continue | (verb) exist over a prolonged period of time | - |
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| (verb) continue talking | Synonyms: carry on, go on, proceed |
| (verb) move ahead; travel onward in time or space | Synonyms: go forward, move ahead, proceed |
| (verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | Synonyms: keep, keep on, retain |
| (verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, preserve, uphold |
| (verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity | Synonyms: go along, go on, keep, proceed |
| (verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: cover, extend |
| (verb) continue in a place, position, or situation | Synonyms: remain, stay, stay on |
| (verb) continue after an interruption | - |
| (verb) do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop | Synonyms: persist in |
| contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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| conventionalise | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalize |
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| conventionalize | (verb) make conventional or adapt to conventions | Synonyms: conventionalise |
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| (verb) represent according to a conventional style | Synonyms: stylise, stylize |
| criticise | (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticize, knock, pick apart |
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| (verb) act as a critic | Synonyms: criticize |
| criticize | (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticise, knock, pick apart |
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| (verb) act as a critic | Synonyms: criticise |
| critique | (verb) appraise critically | Synonyms: review |
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| cultivate | (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
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| (verb) prepare for crops | Synonyms: crop, work |
| (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, educate, school, train |
| (verb) promote the growth of | Synonyms: foster, further |
| cutinize | (verb) convert into cutin | - |
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| deactivate | (verb) make inactive | Synonyms: inactivate |
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| (verb) remove from active military status or reassign | - |