| boot | (verb) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes | Synonyms: bring up, reboot |
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| (verb) kick; give a boot to | - |
| boycott | (verb) refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with | - |
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| bracket | (verb) classify or group | - |
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| (verb) place into brackets | Synonyms: bracket out |
| (verb) support with brackets | - |
| breakfast | (verb) eat an early morning meal | - |
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| (verb) provide breakfast for | - |
| breast | (verb) confront bodily | Synonyms: front |
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| (verb) reach the summit (of a mountain) | Synonyms: summit |
| (verb) meet at breast level | - |
| brevet | (verb) promote somebody by brevet, in the military | - |
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| broadcast | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, send, transmit |
| (verb) sow over a wide area, especially by hand | - |
| browbeat | (verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | Synonyms: bully, swagger |
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| (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm |
| bruit | (verb) tell or spread rumors | Synonyms: rumor, rumour |
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| bucket | (verb) carry in a bucket | - |
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| (verb) put into a bucket | - |
| budget | (verb) make a budget | - |
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| buffet | (verb) strike against forcefully | Synonyms: batter, knock about |
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| (verb) strike, beat repeatedly | Synonyms: buff |
| bullshit | (verb) speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | Synonyms: bull, fake, talk through one's hat |
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| bunt | (verb) to strike, thrust or shove against | Synonyms: butt |
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| (verb) hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance | Synonyms: drag a bunt |
| burst | (verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure | Synonyms: break open, split |
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| (verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: bust |
| (verb) emerge suddenly | - |
| (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: explode |
| (verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | Synonyms: break, erupt |
| (verb) move suddenly, energetically, or violently | - |
| (verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: collapse |
| (verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, bristle |
| bust | (verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, fall apart, wear, wear out |
| (verb) ruin completely | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: rupture, snap, tear |
| (verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: raid |
| butt | (verb) to strike, thrust or shove against | Synonyms: bunt |
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| (verb) place end to end without overlapping | - |
| (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
| cant | (verb) heel over | Synonyms: cant over, pitch, slant, tilt |
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| carburet | (verb) combine with carbon | - |
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| carpet | (verb) cover with a carpet | - |
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| (verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
| (verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
| cart | (verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: drag, hale, haul |
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| (verb) transport something in a cart | - |
| casket | (verb) enclose in a casket | - |
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| cast | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: couch, frame, put, redact |
| (verb) choose at random | Synonyms: draw |
| (verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: hurl, hurtle |
| (verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off |
| (verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold | Synonyms: mold, mould |
| (verb) select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet | - |
| (verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: contrive, project, throw |
| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
| (verb) deposit | - |
| (verb) assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors | - |
| cat | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| (verb) beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails | - |
| catapult | (verb) shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult | - |
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| (verb) hurl as if with a sling | Synonyms: sling |
| cathect | (verb) inject with libidinal energy | - |
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| cavort | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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| cement | (verb) bind or join with or as if with cement | - |
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| (verb) make fast as if with cement | - |
| (verb) cover or coat with cement | - |
| chant | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: cantillate, intonate, intone |
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| (verb) utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically | Synonyms: intone, tone |
| chariot | (verb) ride in a chariot | - |
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| (verb) transport in a chariot | - |
| chart | (verb) plan in detail | - |
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| (verb) make a chart of | - |
| (verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: graph |
| chat | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| cheat | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft |
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| (verb) deprive somebody of something by deceit | Synonyms: chisel, rip off |
| (verb) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud | Synonyms: chisel |
| (verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat on, cuckold, wander |
| chickenfight | (verb) fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders | Synonyms: chicken-fight |
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| chitchat | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| circuit | (verb) make a circuit | - |
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| circumvent | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach |
| (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, hem in, surround |
| claret | (verb) drink claret | - |
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| cleat | (verb) secure on a cleat | - |
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| (verb) provide with cleats | - |
| closet | (verb) confine to a small space, as for intensive work | - |
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| clot | (verb) turn into curds | Synonyms: clabber, curdle |
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| (verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | Synonyms: coagulate |
| (verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | Synonyms: coagulate |
| (verb) coalesce or unite in a mass | Synonyms: clog |
| clout | (verb) strike hard, especially with the fist | - |
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| coact | (verb) act together, as of organisms | - |
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| coapt | (verb) fit tightly and fasten | - |
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| (verb) cause to adhere | Synonyms: conglutinate |
| coast | (verb) move effortlessly; by force of gravity | - |
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| coat | (verb) cover or provide with a coat | - |
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| (verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | Synonyms: surface |
| (verb) form a coat over | Synonyms: cake |
| coexist | (verb) exist together | Synonyms: cohabit |
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| (verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations | - |
| cohabit | (verb) share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple | Synonyms: live together, shack up |
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| (verb) exist together | Synonyms: coexist |
| collect | (verb) assemble or get together | Synonyms: garner, gather, pull together |
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| (verb) get or bring together | Synonyms: pull in |
| (verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
| (verb) call for and obtain payment of | Synonyms: take in |
| (verb) gather or collect | Synonyms: call for, gather up, pick up |
| colorcast | (verb) broadcast in color | - |
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| combat | (verb) battle or contend against in or as if in a battle | Synonyms: battle |
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| combust | (verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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| (verb) get very angry and fly into a rage | Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit |
| (verb) cause to become violent or angry | - |
| (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
| (verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: burn |
| comfit | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: confect, confection |
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| comfort | (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
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| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
| comment | (verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: notice, point out, remark |
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| (verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: annotate, gloss |
| (verb) explain or interpret something | - |
| commit | (verb) make a set of changes permanent | - |
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| (verb) transfer to another place so something can be kept or preserved | - |
| (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: consecrate, dedicate, devote, give |
| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: confide, entrust, intrust, trust |
| (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, institutionalise, institutionalize, send |
| (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: invest, place, put |
| (verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | Synonyms: perpetrate, pull |
| (verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: practice |
| compact | (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, pack, wad |
| (verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compress, pack together |
| (verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: pack |
| compart | (verb) lay out in parts according to a plan | - |
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| complect | (verb) be interwoven or interconnected | Synonyms: interconnect, interlink |
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| complement | (verb) make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to | - |
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| compliment | (verb) say something to someone that expresses praise | Synonyms: congratulate |
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| (verb) express respect or esteem for | - |
| complot | (verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | Synonyms: cabal, conjure, conspire, machinate |
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| comport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, conduct, deport, do |
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| (verb) behave well or properly | Synonyms: behave |
| compost | (verb) convert to compost | - |
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| concert | (verb) settle by agreement | - |
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| (verb) contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement | - |
| concoct | (verb) make a concoction (of) by mixing | - |
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| (verb) devise or invent | Synonyms: dream up, hatch, think of, think up |
| (verb) prepare or cook by mixing ingredients | Synonyms: cook up |
| (verb) invent | Synonyms: trump up |
| conduct | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, deport, do |
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| (verb) lead, as in the performance of a composition | Synonyms: direct, lead |
| (verb) lead musicians in the performance of | - |
| (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, convey, impart, transmit |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: direct, guide, lead, take |
| (verb) direct the course of; manage or control | Synonyms: carry on, deal |
| confect | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confection |
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| (verb) make or construct | - |
| conflict | (verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: contravene, infringe, run afoul |
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| (verb) be in conflict | - |
| confront | (verb) deal with (something unpleasant) head on | Synonyms: face, face up |
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| (verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: face, present |
| (verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition | Synonyms: face |
| (verb) be face to face with | - |
| congest | (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, crap up, foul |
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| connect | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, colligate, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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| (verb) join for the purpose of communication | - |
| (verb) join by means of communication equipment | - |
| (verb) connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces | Synonyms: link, link up, tie |
| (verb) land on or hit solidly | - |
| (verb) plug into an outlet | Synonyms: plug in, plug into |
| (verb) hit or play a ball successfully | - |
| (verb) establish communication with someone | Synonyms: get in touch, touch base |
| (verb) establish a rapport or relationship | - |
| (verb) be or become joined or united or linked | Synonyms: join, link, link up, unite |
| (verb) be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation | - |
| conscript | (verb) enroll into service compulsorily | - |
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| consent | (verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: accept, go for |
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| consist | (verb) originate (in) | Synonyms: dwell, lie, lie in |
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| (verb) be composed of | Synonyms: comprise |
| (verb) be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous | - |
| (verb) have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in | - |
| consort | (verb) keep company | Synonyms: run |
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| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, assort |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| constrict | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constringe, narrow |
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| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, contract, press, squeeze |
| construct | (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: reconstruct, retrace |
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| (verb) draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions | - |
| (verb) make by combining materials and parts | Synonyms: build, make |
| (verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: fabricate, manufacture |
| (verb) create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts | - |
| (verb) create by linking linguistic units | - |
| consult | (verb) advise professionally | - |
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| (verb) seek information from | Synonyms: look up, refer |
| (verb) get or ask advice from | Synonyms: confer with |
| (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confabulate, confer |
| contact | (verb) be in or establish communication with | Synonyms: get hold of, get through, reach |
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| (verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: adjoin, meet, touch |
| content | (verb) satisfy in a limited way | - |
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| (verb) make content | - |
| contest | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contend, repugn |
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| contort | (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: deform, distort, wring |
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| contract | (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: get, take |
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| (verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: narrow |
| (verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: shrink |
| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
| (verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
| (verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: undertake |
| (verb) make smaller | - |
| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze |
| (verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: sign, sign on, sign up |
| contradict | (verb) prove negative; show to be false | Synonyms: negate |
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| (verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contravene, negate |
| (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: controvert, oppose |
| (verb) be in contradiction with | Synonyms: belie, negate |
| contrast | (verb) put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | - |
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| (verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: counterpoint |
| controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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| (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
| convect | (verb) circulate hot air by convection | - |
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| convert | (verb) change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy | Synonyms: change over |
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| (verb) change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief | - |
| (verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: change, commute, exchange |
| (verb) change the nature, purpose, or function of something | - |
| (verb) change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change | - |
| (verb) cause to adopt a new or different faith | - |
| (verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one | Synonyms: commute, exchange |
| (verb) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: convince, win over |
| (verb) score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone | - |
| convict | (verb) find or declare guilty | - |
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| copyedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyread, subedit |
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| copyright | (verb) secure a copyright on a written work | - |
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| coquet | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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| correct | (verb) treat a defect | - |
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| (verb) make right or correct | Synonyms: rectify, right |
| (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: adjust, set |
| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate |
| (verb) fall in value | Synonyms: decline, slump |
| (verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: discipline, sort out |
| (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, redress, right |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| corrupt | (verb) alter from the original | Synonyms: spoil |
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| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: bribe, buy, grease one's palms |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| corset | (verb) dress with a corset | - |
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| cosset | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
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| cost | (verb) be priced at | Synonyms: be |
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| (verb) require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | - |
| count | (verb) include as if by counting | - |
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| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
| (verb) take account of | Synonyms: reckon |
| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: enumerate, number, numerate |
| (verb) name or recite the numbers in ascending order | - |
| (verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: consider, weigh |
| (verb) have weight; have import, carry weight | Synonyms: matter, weigh |
| (verb) put into a group | Synonyms: number |
| (verb) have a certain value or carry a certain weight | - |
| counteract | (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, antagonize |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: countercheck |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counterbalance, countervail, neutralize |