ape | (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: caricature |
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(verb) imitate uncritically and in every aspect | - |
aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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apologise | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologize |
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(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
apologize | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologise |
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(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
apostatise | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatize, tergiversate |
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apostatize | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatise, tergiversate |
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apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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apostrophize | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophise |
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apotheose | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheosise, apotheosize |
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apotheosise | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosize |
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apotheosize | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosise |
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appal | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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(verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appall, dismay, horrify |
appall | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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(verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, dismay, horrify |
apparel | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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appeal | (verb) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection | Synonyms: invoke |
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(verb) cite as an authority; resort to | Synonyms: invoke |
(verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: attract |
(verb) take a court case to a higher court for review | - |
(verb) challenge (a decision) | - |
appear | (verb) come into sight or view | - |
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(verb) be issued or published | Synonyms: come out |
(verb) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | Synonyms: come along |
(verb) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | - |
(verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: look, seem |
(verb) (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | Synonyms: seem |
(verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority | - |
appease | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: propitiate |
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(verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: quell, stay |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
append | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, supply |
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(verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: hang on, tack, tack on, tag on |
(verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, supplement |
apperceive | (verb) perceive in terms of a past experience | - |
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appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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(verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
applique | (verb) sew on as a decoration | - |
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apply | (verb) ask (for something) | - |
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(verb) refer (a word or name) to a person or thing | - |
(verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: employ, use, utilise, utilize |
(verb) coat, cover or smear a surface with | Synonyms: put on |
(verb) give or convey physically | Synonyms: give |
(verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: practice, use |
(verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: enforce, implement |
(verb) apply oneself to | - |
(verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable | Synonyms: go for, hold |
(verb) be applicable to; as to an analysis | Synonyms: lend oneself |
appoint | (verb) furnish | - |
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(verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: charge |
(verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: constitute, name, nominate |
apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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(verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
appose | (verb) place side by side or in close proximity | - |
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appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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(verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
appreciate | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue |
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(verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: apprise, apprize |
(verb) be fully aware of; realize fully | Synonyms: take account |
(verb) recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | - |
(verb) hold dear | Synonyms: prize, treasure, value |
apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
apprentice | (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
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apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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(verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
(verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
apprize | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise |
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(verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise, revalue |
(verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprise, instruct |
(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprise, give notice, notify, send word |
approach | (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
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(verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
(verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
(verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
(verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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(verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
appropriate | (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside |
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(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: capture, conquer, seize |
approve | (verb) judge to be right or commendable; think well of | - |
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(verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: O.K., okay, sanction |
approximate | (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: estimate, gauge, guess, judge |
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(verb) be close or similar | Synonyms: come close |