| rebel | (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rise, rise up |
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| (verb) break with established customs | Synonyms: renegade |
| rebind | (verb) provide with a new binding | - |
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| reboot | (verb) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes | Synonyms: boot, bring up |
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| rebound | (verb) return to a former condition | Synonyms: rally |
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| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| rebroadcast | (verb) broadcast again, as of a film | Synonyms: rerun |
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| rebuff | (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: repel, snub |
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| (verb) force or drive back | Synonyms: drive back, fight off, repel, repulse |
| rebuild | (verb) build again | Synonyms: reconstruct |
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| rebuke | (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, lecture, rag, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| rebury | (verb) bury again | - |
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| rebut | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: controvert, refute |
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| (verb) overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof | Synonyms: refute |
| recalcitrate | (verb) show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient | - |
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| recalculate | (verb) calculate anew | - |
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| recall | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | Synonyms: call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think |
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| (verb) cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression | - |
| (verb) go back to something earlier | Synonyms: come back, hark back, return |
| (verb) summon to return | Synonyms: call back |
| (verb) cause to be returned | Synonyms: call back, call in, withdraw |
| (verb) make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution | - |
| (verb) bring to mind | Synonyms: echo |
| recant | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, resile, retract |
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| recap | (verb) summarize briefly | Synonyms: recapitulate |
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| recapitulate | (verb) summarize briefly | Synonyms: recap |
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| (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: repeat, reprise, reprize |
| (verb) repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life | - |
| recapture | (verb) capture again | Synonyms: retake |
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| (verb) take up anew | - |
| (verb) experience anew | - |
| (verb) take back by force, as after a battle | Synonyms: retake |
| recast | (verb) cast again, in a different role | - |
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| (verb) cast again | Synonyms: remold, remould |
| (verb) cast or model anew | Synonyms: reforge, remodel |
| recede | (verb) become faint or more distant | - |
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| (verb) retreat | Synonyms: drop off, fall back, fall behind |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw |
| receipt | (verb) mark or stamp as paid | - |
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| (verb) report the receipt of | Synonyms: acknowledge |
| receive | (verb) convert into sounds or pictures | - |
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| (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract) | Synonyms: find, get, incur, obtain |
| (verb) accept as true or valid | - |
| (verb) regard favorably or with disapproval | - |
| (verb) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival | Synonyms: welcome |
| (verb) partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament | - |
| (verb) express willingness to have in one's home or environs | Synonyms: invite, take in |
| (verb) register (perceptual input) | Synonyms: pick up |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: experience, get, have |
| (verb) receive as a retribution or punishment | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) get something; come into possession of | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) have or give a reception | - |
| (verb) experience as a reaction | Synonyms: encounter, meet |
| recess | (verb) close at the end of a session | Synonyms: adjourn, break up |
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| (verb) make a recess in | - |
| (verb) put into a recess | - |
| recharge | (verb) charge anew | - |
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| (verb) load anew | Synonyms: reload |
| recidivate | (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, lapse, regress, relapse, retrogress |
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| reciprocate | (verb) alternate the direction of motion of | - |
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| (verb) act, feel, or give mutually or in return | - |
| recite | (verb) repeat aloud from memory | - |
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| (verb) narrate or give a detailed account of | Synonyms: narrate, recount, tell |
| (verb) recite in elocution | Synonyms: declaim |
| (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: enumerate, itemise, itemize |
| (verb) render verbally | Synonyms: retell |
| reckon | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, regard, see, view |
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| (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, work out |
| (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, suppose, think |
| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast |
| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, rely, swear |
| (verb) take account of | Synonyms: count |
| reclaim | (verb) make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state | - |
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| (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame |
| (verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | Synonyms: rectify, reform, regenerate |
| (verb) claim back | Synonyms: repossess |
| (verb) reuse (materials from waste products) | Synonyms: recover |
| reclassify | (verb) classify anew, change the previous classification | - |
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| recline | (verb) lean in a comfortable resting position | Synonyms: recumb, repose |
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| (verb) cause to recline | - |
| (verb) move the upper body backwards and down | Synonyms: lean back |
| recode | (verb) put into a different code; rearrange mentally | - |
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| recognise | (verb) perceive to be the same | Synonyms: recognize |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognize |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, know, recognize |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognize |
| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: greet, recognize |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognize, spot, tell apart |
| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: accredit, recognize |
| (verb) show approval or appreciation of | Synonyms: recognize |
| recognize | (verb) perceive to be the same | Synonyms: recognise |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognise |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, know, recognise |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognise |
| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: greet, recognise |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, spot, tell apart |
| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: accredit, recognise |
| (verb) show approval or appreciation of | Synonyms: recognise |
| (verb) exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate) | - |
| recoil | (verb) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | Synonyms: kick, kick back |
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| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, shrink, squinch, wince |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, backlash |
| recollect | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | Synonyms: call back, call up, recall, remember, retrieve, think |
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| recombine | (verb) undergo genetic recombination | - |
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| (verb) cause genetic recombination | - |
| (verb) to combine or put together again | - |
| recommence | (verb) begin again | - |
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| (verb) cause to start anew | - |
| recommend | (verb) make attractive or acceptable | - |
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| (verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: commend |
| (verb) push for something | Synonyms: advocate, urge |
| recommit | (verb) send back to a committee | - |
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| (verb) commit again | - |
| (verb) commit once again, as of a crime | - |
| recompense | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: compensate, remunerate |
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| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, repair |
| reconcile | (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, conciliate |
| (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: resign, submit |
| (verb) come to terms | Synonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, settle |
| recondition | (verb) bring into an improved condition | - |
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| reconfirm | (verb) confirm again | - |
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| reconnoiter | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoitre, scout |
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| reconnoitre | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoiter, scout |
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| reconquer | (verb) conquer anew | - |
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| reconsecrate | (verb) consecrate anew, as after a desecration | - |
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| reconsider | (verb) consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing | - |
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| (verb) consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it | - |
| reconstitute | (verb) construct or form anew or provide with a new structure | Synonyms: restructure |
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| reconstruct | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: redo, remodel |
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| (verb) cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically | - |
| (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: construct, retrace |
| (verb) build again | Synonyms: rebuild |
| (verb) return to its original or usable and functioning condition | Synonyms: restore |
| reconvene | (verb) meet again | - |
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| reconvert | (verb) convert back | - |
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| reconvict | (verb) convict anew | - |
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| recopy | (verb) copy again | - |
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| record | (verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form | Synonyms: enter, put down |
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| (verb) register electronically | Synonyms: tape |
| (verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: read, register, show |
| (verb) be aware of | Synonyms: register |
| recount | (verb) narrate or give a detailed account of | Synonyms: narrate, recite, tell |
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| (verb) count again | - |
| recoup | (verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recover, recuperate |
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| (verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | Synonyms: deduct, withhold |
| (verb) reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss | Synonyms: reimburse |
| recover | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: convalesce, recuperate |
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| (verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss | Synonyms: go back, recuperate |
| (verb) get or find back; recover the use of | Synonyms: find, regain, retrieve |
| (verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recoup, recuperate |
| (verb) reuse (materials from waste products) | Synonyms: reclaim |
| (verb) cover anew | - |
| recreate | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| (verb) form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind | Synonyms: re-create |
| (verb) produce or make another of | Synonyms: re-create |
| (verb) make a replica of | Synonyms: copy, re-create |
| (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, embolden, hearten |
| (verb) engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion | Synonyms: play |
| recriminate | (verb) return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return | - |
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| recrudesce | (verb) become raw or open | Synonyms: break out, erupt |
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| (verb) happen | Synonyms: break, develop |
| recruit | (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: levy, raise |
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| (verb) seek to employ | - |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, raise |
| rectify | (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, remediate, remedy, repair |
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| (verb) make right or correct | Synonyms: correct, right |
| (verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities | Synonyms: refine |
| (verb) convert into direct current | - |
| (verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | Synonyms: reclaim, reform, regenerate |
| (verb) determine the length of | - |
| recumb | (verb) lean in a comfortable resting position | Synonyms: recline, repose |
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| recuperate | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: convalesce, recover |
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| (verb) restore to good health or strength | - |
| (verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss | Synonyms: go back, recover |
| (verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recoup, recover |
| recur | (verb) happen or occur again | Synonyms: repeat |
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| (verb) return in thought or speech to something | Synonyms: go back |
| (verb) have recourse to | Synonyms: fall back, resort |
| recurve | (verb) curve or bend (something) back or down | - |
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| recuse | (verb) challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law | - |
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| (verb) disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case | - |
| recycle | (verb) use again after processing | Synonyms: reprocess, reuse |
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| (verb) cause to repeat a cycle | - |
| redact | (verb) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting | Synonyms: edit |
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| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, put |
| redden | (verb) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | Synonyms: blush, crimson, flush |
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| (verb) turn red or redder | - |
| (verb) make red | - |
| rede | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: advise, counsel |
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| (verb) give an interpretation or explanation to | Synonyms: interpret |
| redecorate | (verb) redo the decoration of an apartment or house | - |
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| rededicate | (verb) dedicate anew | - |
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| redeem | (verb) convert into cash; of commercial papers | - |
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| (verb) pay off (loans or promissory notes) | Synonyms: pay off |
| (verb) exchange or buy back for money; under threat | Synonyms: ransom |
| (verb) to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange | - |
| (verb) restore the honor or worth of | - |
| (verb) save from sins | Synonyms: deliver, save |
| redefine | (verb) give a new or different definition of (a word) | - |
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| (verb) give a new or different definition to | - |
| redeploy | (verb) deploy anew | - |
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| redeposit | (verb) deposit anew | - |
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| (verb) deposit once again | - |
| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| redetermine | (verb) fix, find, or establish again | - |
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| redevelop | (verb) change the plans for the use of (land) | - |
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| (verb) formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | Synonyms: reformulate |
| (verb) develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print | - |
| redirect | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: airt |
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| rediscover | (verb) discover again | - |
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| redispose | (verb) dispose anew | - |
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| redistribute | (verb) distribute anew | - |
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| redline | (verb) discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood | - |
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| redo | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: reconstruct, remodel |
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| (verb) make new | Synonyms: make over, refashion, remake |
| redouble | (verb) double in magnitude, extent, or intensity | - |
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| (verb) make twice as great or intense | - |
| (verb) double again | - |
| redound | (verb) contribute | - |
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| (verb) have an effect for good or ill | - |
| (verb) return or recoil | - |
| redress | (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, right |
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| reduce | (verb) take off weight | Synonyms: melt off, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin |
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| (verb) cut down on; make a reduction in | Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down |
| (verb) narrow or limit | Synonyms: tighten |
| (verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, concentrate |
| (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidise, deoxidize |
| (verb) make smaller | Synonyms: scale down |
| (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically | Synonyms: shrink |
| (verb) make less complex | - |
| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten |
| (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | Synonyms: cut, dilute, thin, thin out |
| (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, concentrate, decoct |
| (verb) be the essential element | Synonyms: boil down, come down |
| (verb) destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it | - |
| (verb) undergo meiosis | - |
| (verb) reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site | - |
| (verb) lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation | - |
| (verb) lessen and make more modest | - |
| (verb) simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another | - |
| (verb) bring to humbler or weaker state or condition | - |
| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, repress, subdue, subjugate |
| reduplicate | (verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, duplicate, repeat, replicate |
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| (verb) form by reduplication | Synonyms: geminate |
| reecho | (verb) repeat back like an echo | - |
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| (verb) repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back | - |
| (verb) echo repeatedly, echo again and again | - |
| reef | (verb) roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area | - |
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| (verb) reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef | - |
| (verb) lower and bring partially inboard | - |
| reek | (verb) be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face | Synonyms: fume |
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| (verb) smell badly and offensively | Synonyms: stink |
| (verb) have an element suggestive (of something) | Synonyms: smack, smell |
| (verb) give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc. | - |
| reel | (verb) wind onto or off a reel | - |
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| (verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, stagger, swag |
| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, spin, spin around, whirl |
| reelect | (verb) elect again | Synonyms: return |
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| reenact | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | Synonyms: act out, enact |
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| (verb) enact or perform again | - |
| (verb) enact again | - |
| reenforce | (verb) make stronger | Synonyms: reinforce |
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| reestablish | (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reinstate, restore |
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