| lenify | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, mollify, pacify, placate |
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| levy | (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: raise, recruit |
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| (verb) impose and collect | Synonyms: impose |
| lignify | (verb) convert into wood or cause to become woody | - |
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| liquefy | (verb) become liquid or fluid when heated | Synonyms: flux, liquify |
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| (verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquidise, liquidize, liquify |
| (verb) become liquid | - |
| liquify | (verb) become liquid or fluid when heated | Synonyms: flux, liquefy |
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| (verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquefy, liquidise, liquidize |
| lobby | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: buttonhole |
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| lollygag | (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
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| lynch | (verb) kill without legal sanction | - |
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| lyophilise | (verb) to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: lyophilize |
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| lyophilize | (verb) to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: lyophilise |
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| lyric | (verb) write lyrics for (a song) | - |
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| lysogenize | (verb) become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) | - |
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| magnify | (verb) increase in size, volume or significance | Synonyms: amplify |
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| (verb) make large | Synonyms: blow up, enlarge |
| (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate |
| marry | (verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, wed |
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| (verb) perform a marriage ceremony | Synonyms: splice, tie, wed |
| martyr | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyrise, martyrize |
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| (verb) kill as a martyr | - |
| martyrise | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyr, martyrize |
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| martyrize | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyr, martyrise |
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| metrify | (verb) convert from a non-metric to the metric system | Synonyms: metricate, metricise, metricize |
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| (verb) compose in poetic meter | - |
| microcopy | (verb) photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size | - |
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| minify | (verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: decrease, lessen |
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| misally | (verb) make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately | - |
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| misapply | (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misuse |
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| miscarry | (verb) suffer a miscarriage | - |
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| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: fail, go wrong |
| misidentify | (verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: mistake |
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| mislay | (verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: misplace |
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| mismarry | (verb) marry an unsuitable partner | - |
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| misplay | (verb) play wrong or in an unskillful manner | - |
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| (verb) play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note | - |
| modify | (verb) make less severe or harsh or extreme | - |
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| (verb) add a modifier to a constituent | Synonyms: qualify |
| (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | Synonyms: alter, change |
| mollify | (verb) make less rigid or softer | - |
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| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, season, temper |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, pacify, placate |
| mollycoddle | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, pamper, spoil |
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| monkey | (verb) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly | Synonyms: mess around, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker |
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| (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | Synonyms: fiddle, tamper |
| mortify | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, necrose, sphacelate |
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| (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, subdue |
| (verb) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | - |
| mosey | (verb) walk leisurely | Synonyms: amble |
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| motley | (verb) make motley; color with different colors | Synonyms: parti-color |
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| (verb) make something more diverse and varied | Synonyms: variegate, vary |
| motorcycle | (verb) ride a motorcycle | Synonyms: cycle, motorbike |
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| muddy | (verb) make turbid | - |
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| (verb) cause to become muddy | - |
| (verb) dirty with mud | Synonyms: muddy up |
| multiply | (verb) have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | Synonyms: breed |
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| (verb) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | Synonyms: procreate, reproduce |
| (verb) combine or increase by multiplication | Synonyms: manifold |
| (verb) make multiple copies of | Synonyms: manifold |
| (verb) combine by multiplication | - |
| mummify | (verb) dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture | Synonyms: dry up |
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| (verb) remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it | - |
| (verb) preserve while making lifeless | - |
| mutiny | (verb) engage in a mutiny against an authority | - |
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| mystify | (verb) make mysterious | - |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| mythicise | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicize, mythologise, mythologize |
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| (verb) interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | Synonyms: mythicize |
| mythicize | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythologise, mythologize |
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| (verb) interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | Synonyms: mythicise |
| mythologise | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythicize, mythologize |
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| (verb) construct a myth | Synonyms: mythologize |
| mythologize | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythicize, mythologise |
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| (verb) construct a myth | Synonyms: mythologise |
| nazify | (verb) cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character | - |
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| nitrify | (verb) treat (soil) with nitrates | - |
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| (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrogenise, nitrogenize |
| (verb) convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria | - |
| notify | (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprise, apprize, give notice, send word |
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| nullify | (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralise, neutralize |
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| (verb) show to be invalid | Synonyms: invalidate |
| (verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, quash, void |
| nutrify | (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: aliment, nourish |
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| obey | (verb) be obedient to | - |
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| objectify | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, depersonalize |
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| (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize |
| occupy | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, engross |
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| (verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | Synonyms: invade |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: take, use up |
| (verb) keep busy with | Synonyms: busy |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, take |
| (verb) live (in a certain place) | Synonyms: lodge in, reside |
| (verb) occupy the whole of | Synonyms: fill |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, interest, worry |
| okay | (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: approve, O.K., sanction |
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| opacify | (verb) become opaque | - |
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| (verb) make opaque | - |
| ossify | (verb) become bony | - |
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| (verb) cause to become hard and bony | - |
| (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | Synonyms: petrify, rigidify |
| outcry | (verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy | Synonyms: call out, cry, cry out, exclaim, shout |
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| (verb) shout louder than | Synonyms: outshout |
| outplay | (verb) excel or defeat in a game | - |
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| outstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: overstay |
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| (verb) surpass in staying power | - |
| overfly | (verb) fly over | Synonyms: pass over |
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| overjoy | (verb) cause to feel extremely joyful or happy | - |
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| overlay | (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: cover |
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| (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlie |
| overpay | (verb) pay too much | - |
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| overplay | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overact |
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| oversimplify | (verb) simplify to an excessive degree | - |
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| overstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: outstay |
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| oversupply | (verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, glut |
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| overweary | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overtire |
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| oxygenate | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenise, oxygenize |
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| oxygenise | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenize |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| oxygenize | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| oyster | (verb) gather oysters, dig oysters | - |
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| pacify | (verb) fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) | - |
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| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, placate |
| palsy | (verb) affect with palsy | - |
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| paralyse | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyze |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyze |
| paralyze | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyse |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyse |
| parlay | (verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
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| parley | (verb) discuss, as between enemies | - |
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| parody | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: burlesque, spoof |
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| (verb) make a spoof of or make fun of | - |
| parry | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: block, deflect |
| party | (verb) have or participate in a party | - |
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| pay | (verb) dedicate | Synonyms: devote, give |
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| (verb) bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action | - |
| (verb) convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) give money, usually in exchange for goods or services | - |
| (verb) bring in | Synonyms: bear, yield |
| (verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: compensate, make up, pay off |
| (verb) cancel or discharge a debt | Synonyms: ante up, pay up |
| (verb) make a compensation for | - |
| (verb) discharge or settle | - |
| (verb) render | - |
| (verb) be worth it | - |
| personify | (verb) attribute human qualities to something | Synonyms: personate |
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| (verb) represent, as of a character on stage | Synonyms: be, embody |
| (verb) invest with or as with a body; give body to | Synonyms: body |
| petrify | (verb) change into stone | Synonyms: lapidify |
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| (verb) cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright | - |
| (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | Synonyms: ossify, rigidify |
| photocopy | (verb) reproduce by xerography | Synonyms: run off, xerox |
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| piggyback | (verb) bring into alignment with | - |
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| (verb) support on the back and shoulders | - |
| (verb) haul by railroad car | - |
| (verb) haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars | - |
| (verb) ride on someone's shoulders or back | - |
| pillory | (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, crucify, savage |
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| (verb) punish by putting in a pillory | - |
| (verb) expose to ridicule or public scorn | Synonyms: gibbet |
| pinkify | (verb) make pink | - |
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| pity | (verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: compassionate, condole with, feel for, sympathize with |
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| play | (verb) engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously | Synonyms: toy |
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| (verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | Synonyms: act, act as |
| (verb) exhaust by allowing to pull on the line | - |
| (verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: dally, trifle |
| (verb) participate in games or sport | - |
| (verb) bet or wager (money) | - |
| (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: encounter, meet, take on |
| (verb) put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game | - |
| (verb) make bets | - |
| (verb) stake on the outcome of an issue | Synonyms: bet, wager |
| (verb) shoot or hit in a particular manner | - |
| (verb) employ in a game or in a specific position | - |
| (verb) use or move | - |
| (verb) use to one's advantage | - |
| (verb) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | Synonyms: diddle, fiddle, toy |
| (verb) discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream | - |
| (verb) replay (as a melody) | Synonyms: spiel |
| (verb) perform music on (a musical instrument) | - |
| (verb) play a role or part | Synonyms: act, represent |
| (verb) perform on a certain location | - |
| (verb) be performed or presented for public viewing | - |
| (verb) cause to emit recorded audio or video | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity | - |
| (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, playact, roleplay |
| (verb) emit recorded sound | - |
| (verb) play on an instrument | - |
| (verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: bring, make for, work, wreak |
| (verb) move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly | - |
| (verb) cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space | - |
| (verb) engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion | Synonyms: recreate |
| (verb) behave in a certain way | - |
| (verb) be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children | - |
| (verb) act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome | - |
| (verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: dally, flirt, toy |
| (verb) be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way | - |
| playact | (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, play, roleplay |
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| ply | (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: cater, provide, supply |
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| (verb) use diligently | - |
| (verb) wield vigorously | - |
| (verb) join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding | - |
| (verb) travel a route regularly | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) apply oneself diligently | - |
| polychrome | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychromise, polychromize |
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| polychromise | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromize |
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| polychromize | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromise |
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| polymerise | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerize |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerize |
| polymerize | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerise |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerise |
| portray | (verb) portray in words | - |
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| (verb) make a portrait of | Synonyms: depict, limn |
| (verb) assume or act the character of | Synonyms: impersonate |
| (verb) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture | Synonyms: present |
| pray | (verb) address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer | - |
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| (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, implore |
| preachify | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, sermonise, sermonize |
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| preoccupy | (verb) engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively | - |
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| (verb) occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance | - |