| abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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| abase | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: humble, humiliate, mortify, chagrin |
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| abate | (verb) make less active or intense | Synonyms: slack, slake |
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| (verb) become less in amount or intensity | Synonyms: slack, die away, slack off, let up |
| abbreviate | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: cut, reduce, contract, shorten, abridge, foreshorten |
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| (verb) shorten | - |
| abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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| abduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: cite, adduce |
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| aberrate | (verb) diverge from the expected | - |
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| (verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration | - |
| abide | (verb) dwell | Synonyms: stay, bide |
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| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: digest, put up, endure, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, bear, brook, tolerate |
| abjure | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: resile, retract, recant, forswear |
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| ablactate | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: wean |
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| ablate | (verb) wear away through erosion or vaporization | - |
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| (verb) remove an organ or bodily structure | - |
| abnegate | (verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: deny |
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| (verb) surrender (power or a position) | - |
| (verb) deny or renounce | - |
| abominate | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: execrate, abhor, loathe |
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| abrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: rub down, rub off, corrade, abrase |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: scour |
| abrase | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: rub down, rub off, corrade, abrade |
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| abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: cut, reduce, contract, shorten, abbreviate, foreshorten |
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| (verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail | - |
| abrogate | (verb) revoke formally | - |
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| abscise | (verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
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| (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
| absolve | (verb) grant remission of a sin to | Synonyms: shrive |
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| (verb) let off the hook | Synonyms: free |
| absquatulate | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: run off, make off, decamp, go off, abscond, bolt |
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| abuse | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: step, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat |
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| (verb) change the inherent purpose or function of something | Synonyms: pervert, misuse |
| (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: shout, clapperclaw, blackguard |
| (verb) use wrongly or improperly or excessively | - |
| abye | (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: expiate, aby, atone |
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| accede | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: submit, bow, defer, give in |
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| (verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: enter |
| (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: acquiesce, assent |
| accelerate | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: speed, quicken, speed up |
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| (verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: speed, speed up |
| accentuate | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: punctuate, stress, emphasise, emphasize, accent |
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| (verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: stress, accent |
| acclimate | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimatise, acclimatize |
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| 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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| accommodate | (verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: fit, suit |
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| (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: adapt |
| (verb) provide with something desired or needed | - |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: hold, admit |
| (verb) provide housing for | Synonyms: lodge |
| (verb) provide a service or favor for someone | Synonyms: oblige |
| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: reconcile, conciliate |
| accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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| accrete | (verb) grow together (of plants and organs) | Synonyms: grow together |
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| (verb) grow or become attached by accretion | - |
| accrue | (verb) grow by addition | - |
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| (verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: fall |
| acculturate | (verb) assimilate culturally | - |
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| accumulate | (verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: roll up, hoard, pile up, collect, compile, amass |
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| (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: pile up, amass, gather, conglomerate, cumulate |
| accurse | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: execrate, comminate, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize |
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| accuse | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: incriminate, impeach, criminate |
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| (verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: charge |
| ace | (verb) succeed at easily | Synonyms: nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through, breeze through |
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| (verb) score an ace against | - |
| (verb) play (a hole) in one stroke | - |
| (verb) serve an ace against (someone) | - |
| acerbate | (verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: envenom, embitter |
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| (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
| acetylate | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
| acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
| acetylize | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
| ache | (verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: suffer, hurt |
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| (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: languish, pine, yearn, yen |
| (verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: hurt, smart |
| achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: reach, attain, accomplish |
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| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: sour, acetify, acidify |
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| acknowledge | (verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: admit |
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| (verb) report the receipt of | Synonyms: receipt |
| (verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: notice |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) accept as legally binding and valid | - |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: recognise, recognize, know |
| acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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| acquire | (verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: get |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
| (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
| (verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | - |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: gain, win |
| (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: larn, learn |
| (verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| activate | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: set off, trip, trigger, spark, spark off, actuate, touch off, trigger off |
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| (verb) make active or more active | - |
| (verb) make more adsorptive | - |
| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: aerate |
| (verb) make (substances) radioactive | - |
| actualise | (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: realise, realize, substantiate, actualize |
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| (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
| actualize | (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: realise, realize, substantiate, actualise |
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| (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualise |
| actuate | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: set off, trip, trigger, activate, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger off |
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| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: move, incite, prompt, propel, motivate |
| acuminate | (verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | - |
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| addle | (verb) mix up or confuse | Synonyms: muddle, puddle |
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| (verb) become rotten | - |
| adduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: cite, abduce |
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| adhere | (verb) be compatible or in accordance with | - |
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| (verb) follow through or carry out a plan without deviation | - |
| (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: stick, cohere, cling, cleave |
| (verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: stick |
| (verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: stick, stand by, stick by |
| (verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: stick, bond, bind, stick to, hold fast |
| adjudge | (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: hold, declare |
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| adjudicate | (verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
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| (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: resolve, decide, settle |
| adjure | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: conjure, press, bid, entreat, beseech |
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| (verb) command solemnly | - |
| admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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| administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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| admire | (verb) feel admiration for | Synonyms: look up to |
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| (verb) look at with admiration | - |
| adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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| adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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| adulate | (verb) flatter in an obsequious manner | - |
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| adulterate | (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: stretch, load, debase, dilute |
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| adumbrate | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: outline, sketch |
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| (verb) give to understand | Synonyms: insinuate, intimate |
| advance | (verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: march on, move on, pass on, progress, go on |
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| (verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance | Synonyms: throw out |
| (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: boost, supercharge |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: boost, promote, encourage, further |
| (verb) cause to move forward | Synonyms: bring forward |
| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: gain, make headway, pull ahead, gain ground, get ahead, win |
| (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: progress, get on, come on, get along, shape up, come along |
| (verb) develop further | - |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: raise, upgrade, elevate, promote, kick upstairs |
| (verb) pay in advance | - |
| (verb) move forward | Synonyms: set ahead |
| (verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: gain |
| advantage | (verb) give an advantage to | - |
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| adventure | (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: gamble, chance, risk, run a risk, hazard, take a chance, take chances |
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| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: stake, jeopardize, hazard, venture |
| advertise | (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: publicise, publicize, advertize |
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| (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: push, promote, advertize |
| advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: push, promote, advertise |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: publicise, publicize, advertise |
| advise | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: rede, counsel |
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| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: give notice, apprise, apprize, notify, send word |
| (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: propose, suggest |
| advocate | (verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
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| (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
| aerate | (verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: air, air out |
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| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: activate |
| (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize |
| aerosolise | (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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| (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
| aerosolize | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolise |
| aestivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: estivate |
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| affiance | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: engage, plight, betroth |
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| affiliate | (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: associate, assort, consort |
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| (verb) join in an affiliation | - |
| affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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| age | (verb) begin to seem older; get older | - |
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| (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: get on, maturate, mature, senesce |
| (verb) make older | - |
| agglomerate | (verb) form into one cluster | - |
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| agglutinate | (verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
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| (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: pad, embellish, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, aggrandize, lard |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: pad, embellish, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, aggrandise, lard |
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| aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
| aggregate | (verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
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| (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
| aggrieve | (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
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| (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
| agitate | (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: stir up, foment |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: charge, rouse, excite, turn on, charge up, commove |
| (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: press, push, campaign, crusade, fight |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: shift, stir, budge |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: shake |
| (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: vex, shake up, stir up, disturb, commove, raise up |
| agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: realise, realize, recognise, recognize, agnize |
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| agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: realise, realize, recognise, recognize, agnise |
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| agonise | (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
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| (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
| agonize | (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
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| (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
| agree | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: hold, concur, concord |
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| (verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: check, jibe, match, tally, fit, gibe, correspond |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: consort, accord, harmonise, harmonize, concord, fit in |
| (verb) show grammatical agreement | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or suitable | - |
| (verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose | - |
| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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| alchemize | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemise |
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| alcoholise | (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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| (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |