| apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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| apostrophize | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophise |
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| astrogate | (verb) navigate in space | - |
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| (verb) guide in interplanetary travel | - |
| atrophy | (verb) undergo atrophy | - |
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| backstroke | (verb) swim on one's back | - |
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| betroth | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight |
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| breaststroke | (verb) swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | - |
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| control | (verb) have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of | Synonyms: master |
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| (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
| (verb) verify by using a duplicate register for comparison | - |
| (verb) handle and cause to function | Synonyms: operate |
| (verb) maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage | Synonyms: keep in line, manipulate |
| (verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: command |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard | Synonyms: verify |
| (verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: restrict |
| controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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| (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
| decontrol | (verb) relax or remove controls of | - |
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| destroy | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: demolish |
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| (verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably | Synonyms: ruin |
| (verb) put (an animal) to death | Synonyms: put down |
| (verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | Synonyms: destruct |
| electrocute | (verb) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair | Synonyms: fry |
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| (verb) kill by electric shock | - |
| electroplate | (verb) coat with metal by electrolysis | - |
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| foxtrot | (verb) dance the foxtrot | - |
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| hypertrophy | (verb) undergo hypertrophy | - |
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| introduce | (verb) be a precursor of | Synonyms: inaugurate, usher in |
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| (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: enclose, inclose, insert, put in, stick in |
| (verb) put before (a body) | - |
| (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: acquaint, present |
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: precede, preface, premise |
| (verb) bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. | Synonyms: bring out |
| (verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: enter, infix, insert |
| (verb) bring something new to an environment | Synonyms: innovate |
| (verb) bring in or establish in a new place or environment | - |
| (verb) bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment | Synonyms: bring in |
| introject | (verb) incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously | - |
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| intromit | (verb) allow to enter; grant entry to | Synonyms: admit, allow in, let in |
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| introspect | (verb) reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings | - |
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| introvert | (verb) turn inside | - |
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| (verb) fold inwards | Synonyms: invaginate |
| nitrogenise | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenize |
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| nitrogenize | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenise |
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| outroar | (verb) roar louder than | - |
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| patrol | (verb) maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | Synonyms: police |
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| patronage | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronise, patronize, support |
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| (verb) support by being a patron of | - |
| patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronise |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| reintroduce | (verb) introduce anew | Synonyms: re-introduce |
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| retrofit | (verb) substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones | - |
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| (verb) fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house | - |
| (verb) provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture | - |
| retroflex | (verb) articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate | - |
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| (verb) bend or turn backward | Synonyms: replicate |
| retrograde | (verb) get worse or fall back to a previous condition | Synonyms: regress, retrogress |
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| (verb) go back over | Synonyms: hash over, rehash |
| (verb) move back | Synonyms: retreat |
| (verb) move in a direction contrary to the usual one | - |
| (verb) move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies | - |
| retrogress | (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse |
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| (verb) get worse or fall back to a previous condition | Synonyms: regress, retrograde |
| retrospect | (verb) look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember | Synonyms: look back, review |
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| retrovert | (verb) go back to a previous state | Synonyms: regress, return, revert, turn back |
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| stroke | (verb) treat gingerly or carefully | - |
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| (verb) strike a ball with a smooth blow | - |
| (verb) row at a particular rate | - |
| (verb) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions | - |
| stroll | (verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim | Synonyms: saunter |
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| strop | (verb) sharpen on a strop | - |
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| troat | (verb) emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time | - |
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| troll | (verb) sing loudly and without inhibition | - |
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| (verb) praise or celebrate in song | - |
| (verb) speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice | - |
| (verb) angle with a hook and line drawn through the water | - |
| (verb) sing the parts of (a round) in succession | - |
| (verb) cause to move round and round | - |
| (verb) circulate, move around | - |
| troop | (verb) move or march as if in a crowd | - |
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| (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: parade, promenade |
| trot | (verb) run at a moderately swift pace | Synonyms: clip, jog |
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| (verb) ride at a trot | - |
| (verb) cause to trot | - |
| trouble | (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: ail, pain |
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| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge |
| (verb) move deeply | Synonyms: disturb, upset |
| (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out |
| (verb) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself | Synonyms: bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself |
| troubleshoot | (verb) solve problems | Synonyms: trouble-shoot |
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| trounce | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task |
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| (verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish |
| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip |
| trowel | (verb) use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work | - |
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