| abjure | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: forswear, recant, resile, retract |
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| accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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| acquire | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
| (verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: larn, learn |
| (verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: gain, win |
| (verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | - |
| adhere | (verb) follow through or carry out a plan without deviation | - |
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| (verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
| (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: cleave, cling, cohere, stick |
| (verb) be compatible or in accordance with | - |
| (verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: stand by, stick, stick by |
| (verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: stick |
| adjure | (verb) command solemnly | - |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
| admeasure | (verb) determine the quantity of someone's share | - |
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| admire | (verb) feel admiration for | Synonyms: look up to |
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| (verb) look at with admiration | - |
| adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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| adventure | (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture |
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| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| allure | (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | Synonyms: tempt |
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| aspire | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aim, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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| assure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) inform positively and with certainty and confidence | Synonyms: tell |
| (verb) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence | - |
| (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: promise |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure |
| 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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| azure | (verb) color azure | - |
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| backfire | (verb) set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | - |
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| (verb) emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire | - |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backlash, recoil |
| bare | (verb) lay bare | Synonyms: denudate, denude, strip |
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| (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, publicise, publicize |
| (verb) expose to view | - |
| bemire | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, colly, dirty, grime, soil |
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| beware | (verb) be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to | Synonyms: mind |
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| blare | (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, claxon, honk, toot |
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| (verb) make a strident sound | Synonyms: blast |
| bore | (verb) make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool | Synonyms: drill |
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| (verb) cause to be bored | Synonyms: tire |
| capture | (verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: catch |
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| (verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: catch, get |
| (verb) succeed in representing or expressing something intangible | - |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, conquer, seize |
| (verb) bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit | - |
| care | (verb) to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something | Synonyms: like, wish |
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| (verb) feel concern or interest | - |
| (verb) be concerned with | Synonyms: worry |
| (verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | Synonyms: deal, handle, manage |
| (verb) provide care for | Synonyms: give care |
| caricature | (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
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| censure | (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: criminate, reprimand |
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| centre | (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
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| (verb) move into the center | Synonyms: center |
| (verb) center upon | Synonyms: center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
| cere | (verb) wrap up in a cerecloth | - |
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| closure | (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: cloture |
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| cloture | (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: closure |
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| coconspire | (verb) conspire together | - |
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| cohere | (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, stick |
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| (verb) have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results | - |
| (verb) cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole | - |
| coiffure | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, do, dress, set |
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| coinsure | (verb) take out coinsurance | - |
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| compare | (verb) examine and note the similarities or differences of | - |
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| (verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: equate, liken |
| (verb) to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb | - |
| (verb) be comparable | - |
| compere | (verb) act as a master of ceremonies | Synonyms: emcee |
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| concentre | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, focalise, focalize, focus |
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| configure | (verb) set up for a particular purpose | - |
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| conjecture | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| conjure | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conspire, machinate |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, entreat, press |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
| conspire | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, complot, conjure, machinate |
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| (verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: collude |
| core | (verb) remove the core or center from | - |
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| culture | (verb) grow in a special preparation | - |
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| cure | (verb) provide a cure for, make healthy again | Synonyms: bring around, heal |
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| (verb) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | - |
| (verb) be or become preserved | - |
| (verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability | - |
| dare | (verb) challenge | Synonyms: defy |
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| (verb) take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission | Synonyms: make bold, presume |
| (verb) to be courageous enough to try or do something | - |
| declare | (verb) state emphatically and authoritatively | - |
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| (verb) state firmly | - |
| (verb) make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official | - |
| (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: adjudge, hold |
| (verb) announce publicly or officially | Synonyms: announce |
| (verb) proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against | - |
| (verb) designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand | - |
| (verb) authorize payments of | - |
| denature | (verb) make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes | - |
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| (verb) modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished | - |
| (verb) add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb | - |
| deplore | (verb) express strong condemnation of | - |
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| (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, lament |
| desire | (verb) feel or have a desire for; want strongly | Synonyms: want |
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| (verb) express a desire for | - |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: hope, trust |
| disfigure | (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: blemish, deface |
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| encore | (verb) request an encore, from a performer | - |
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| endure | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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| (verb) undergo or be subjected to | Synonyms: suffer |
| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive |
| (verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: hold out, wear |
| (verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave, brave out, weather |
| (verb) persist for a specified period of time | Synonyms: last |
| (verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, persist, prevail, run |
| enquire | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: inquire, wonder |
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| (verb) address a question to and expect an answer from | Synonyms: ask, inquire |
| (verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: inquire, investigate |
| enrapture | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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| ensnare | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: entrap, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: entrap, frame, set up |
| ensure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, control, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, guarantee, insure, secure |
| expire | (verb) expel air | Synonyms: breathe out, exhale |
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| (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| (verb) lose validity | Synonyms: run out |
| explore | (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: research, search |
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| (verb) travel to or penetrate into | - |
| (verb) inquire into a subject in detail | - |
| (verb) examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes | - |
| fare | (verb) eat well | - |
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| (verb) proceed or get along | Synonyms: come, do, get along, make out |
| feature | (verb) have as a feature | Synonyms: have |
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| (verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | Synonyms: boast, sport |
| figure | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, reckon, work out |
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| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, estimate, forecast, reckon |
| (verb) understand | - |
| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
| (verb) be or play a part of or in | Synonyms: enter |
| fire | (verb) bake in a kiln so as to harden | - |
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| (verb) destroy by fire | Synonyms: burn, burn down |
| (verb) start or maintain a fire in | Synonyms: ignite, light |
| (verb) become ignited | Synonyms: flame up |
| (verb) cause to go off | Synonyms: discharge |
| (verb) start firing a weapon | Synonyms: open fire |
| (verb) go off or discharge | Synonyms: discharge, go off |
| (verb) generate an electrical impulse | - |
| (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise |
| (verb) drive out or away by or as if by fire | - |
| (verb) provide with fuel | Synonyms: fuel |
| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
| fissure | (verb) break into fissures or fine cracks | - |
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| flare | (verb) become flared and widen, usually at one end | Synonyms: flare out |
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| (verb) erupt or intensify suddenly | Synonyms: break open, burst out, erupt, flare up, irrupt |
| (verb) burn brightly | Synonyms: blaze up, burn up, flame up |
| (verb) shine with a sudden light | Synonyms: flame |
| fracture | (verb) fracture a bone of | Synonyms: break |
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| (verb) become fractured | - |
| (verb) violate or abuse | - |
| (verb) break into pieces | - |
| (verb) interrupt, break, or destroy | - |
| gesture | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, motion |
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| glare | (verb) look at with a fixed gaze | Synonyms: glower |
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| (verb) shine intensely | - |
| (verb) be sharply reflected | - |
| gore | (verb) cut into gores | - |
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| (verb) wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument | - |
| hare | (verb) run quickly, like a hare | - |
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| hire | (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, lease, rent, take |
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| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, engage |
| (verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: charter, lease, rent |
| ignore | (verb) be ignorant of or in the dark about | - |
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| (verb) give little or no attention to | Synonyms: disregard, neglect |
| (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, push aside |
| (verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, disregard, snub |
| (verb) fail to notice | - |
| immure | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| implore | (verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, pray |
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| indenture | (verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | Synonyms: indent |
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| inhere | (verb) be inherent in something | - |
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| injure | (verb) cause injuries or bodily harm to | Synonyms: wound |
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| (verb) cause damage or affect negatively | Synonyms: hurt |
| (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, offend, spite, wound |
| inquire | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: enquire, wonder |
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| (verb) address a question to and expect an answer from | Synonyms: ask, enquire |
| (verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: enquire, investigate |
| inspire | (verb) draw in (air) | Synonyms: breathe in, inhale |
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| (verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: revolutionise, revolutionize |
| (verb) serve as the inciting cause of | Synonyms: instigate, prompt |
| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: barrack, cheer, exhort, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| (verb) supply the inspiration for | - |
| (verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: animate, enliven, exalt, invigorate |
| insure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: cover, underwrite |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, ensure, guarantee, secure |
| (verb) take out insurance for | - |
| interfere | (verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | Synonyms: interpose, intervene, step in |
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| (verb) come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle | - |
| inure | (verb) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate | Synonyms: harden, indurate |
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| lecture | (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, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| (verb) deliver a lecture or talk | Synonyms: talk |
| lure | (verb) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | Synonyms: entice, tempt |
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| manicure | (verb) care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. | - |
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| (verb) trim carefully and neatly | - |
| manoeuvre | (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuver, operate |
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| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, point, steer |
| (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuver |
| manufacture | (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: construct, fabricate |
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| (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up |
| (verb) create or produce in a mechanical way | - |
| (verb) produce naturally | - |
| manure | (verb) spread manure, as for fertilization | Synonyms: muck |
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| massacre | (verb) kill a large number of people indiscriminately | Synonyms: mow down, slaughter |
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| mature | (verb) cause to ripen and discharge pus | Synonyms: suppurate |
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| (verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | Synonyms: grow, maturate |
| (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: age, get on, maturate, senesce |
| (verb) become due for repayment | - |
| (verb) cause to ripen or develop fully | Synonyms: ripen |
| (verb) develop and work out fully in one's mind | - |
| measure | (verb) express as a number or measure or quantity | Synonyms: quantify |
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| (verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of | Synonyms: measure out, mensurate |
| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value |
| (verb) have certain dimensions | - |
| mire | (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: muck, muck up, mud |
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| (verb) be unable to move further | Synonyms: bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt |
| (verb) cause to get stuck as if in a mire | Synonyms: bog down |
| (verb) entrap | Synonyms: entangle |
| misfire | (verb) fail to fire or detonate | - |
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| nurture | (verb) help develop, help grow | Synonyms: foster |
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| (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nourish, sustain |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, parent, raise, rear |
| obscure | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, overcloud |
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| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, veil |
| (verb) reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa | - |
| (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obnubilate |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate |
| outmanoeuvre | (verb) defeat by more skillful maneuvering | Synonyms: outmaneuver, outsmart |
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| outscore | (verb) score more points than one's opponents | Synonyms: outpoint |
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| outstare | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outface, stare down |
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| overtire | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overweary |
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| pare | (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit | Synonyms: pare down |
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| (verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size | Synonyms: trim |
| (verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: whittle |
| (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: peel, skin |
| pasture | (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, graze, range |
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| (verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: crop, graze |
| pedicure | (verb) care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. | - |
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| perjure | (verb) knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury | - |
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