abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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(verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
advocate | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent |
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(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
(verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
(verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
affricate | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative |
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aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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altercate | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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auspicate | (verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck | - |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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authenticated | (adjective) established as genuine | Synonyms: attested, documented |
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baccate | (adjective) resembling a berry | Synonyms: berrylike |
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(adjective) producing or bearing berries | Synonyms: bacciferous, berried |
bifurcate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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(verb) divide into two branches | - |
(verb) split or divide into two | - |
bifurcated | (adjective) divided into or made up of two parts | - |
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bisulcate | (adjective) (used of hooves) split, divided | Synonyms: cloven |
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borosilicate | (noun) a salt of boric and silicic acids | - |
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catechesis | (noun) oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) | - |
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catechetic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism | Synonyms: catechistic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or involving catechesis | Synonyms: catechetical |
catechetical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving catechesis | Synonyms: catechetic |
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catechin | (noun) a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance | - |
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catechise | (verb) examine through questioning and answering | Synonyms: catechize |
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(verb) give religious instructions to | Synonyms: catechize |
catechism | (noun) an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers | - |
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(noun) a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views | - |
catechismal | (adjective) of or relating to a catechism summarizing the principles of Christianity | - |
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catechist | (noun) one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism) | - |
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catechistic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism | Synonyms: catechetic |
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catechize | (verb) examine through questioning and answering | Synonyms: catechise |
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(verb) give religious instructions to | Synonyms: catechise |
catecholamine | (noun) any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland | - |
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catechu | (noun) East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu | Synonyms: Acacia catechu, Jerusalem thorn |
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(noun) extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: black catechu |
catechumen | (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | Synonyms: neophyte |
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categorem | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categoreme |
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categorematic | (adjective) of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition | - |
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categoreme | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categorem |
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categorial | (adjective) of or relating to the concept of categories | - |
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categoric | (adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories | Synonyms: categorical |
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(adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categorical, flat, unconditional |
categorical | (adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories | Synonyms: categoric |
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(adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categoric, flat, unconditional |
categorically | (adverb) in an unqualified manner | Synonyms: flatly, unconditionally |
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categorisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorization, classification, sorting |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorization, classification |
categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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categorised | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorized |
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categorization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, classification, sorting |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorisation, classification |
categorize | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorise |
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categorized | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorised |
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category | (noun) a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme | - |
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(noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: class, family |
catena | (noun) a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) | - |
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catenary | (noun) the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points | - |
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catenate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenulate |
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catenulate | (adjective) having a chainlike form | Synonyms: chainlike |
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(verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenate |
cater | (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: ply, provide, supply |
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(verb) supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets | - |
catercorner | (adjective) slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line | Synonyms: cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered |
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caterer | (noun) someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
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catering | (noun) providing food and services | - |
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caterpillar | (noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | - |
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caterwaul | (noun) the yowling sound made by a cat in heat | - |
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(verb) utter shrieks, as of cats | Synonyms: yowl |
certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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(noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
(verb) authorize by certificate | - |
(verb) present someone with a certificate | - |
certificated | (adjective) furnished with or authorized by a certificate: | - |
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coeducate | (verb) educate persons of both sexes together | Synonyms: co-educate |
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collocate | (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: chunk, lump |
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(verb) have a strong tendency to occur side by side | - |
communicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: intercommunicate |
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(verb) transmit information | Synonyms: pass, pass along, pass on, put across |
(verb) be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas | - |
(verb) receive Communion, in the Catholic church | Synonyms: commune |
(verb) administer Communion; in church | - |
(verb) join or connect | - |
(verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: convey, transmit |
complicate | (verb) make more complicated | Synonyms: perplex |
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(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: elaborate, rarify, refine |
complicated | (adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complex |
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complicatedness | (noun) puzzling complexity | Synonyms: complication, knottiness, tortuousness |
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concatenate | (verb) add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series | - |
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(verb) combine two strings to form a single one | - |
concatenation | (noun) the act of linking together as in a series or chain | - |
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(noun) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | Synonyms: chain |
(noun) the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc | - |
(noun) the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series | - |
confiscate | (adjective) surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: forfeit, forfeited |
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(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
contraindicate | (verb) make a treatment inadvisable | - |
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coruscate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
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(verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
decorticate | (verb) remove the cortex of (an organ) | - |
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(verb) remove the outer layer of | - |
dedicate | (verb) set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church | - |
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(verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: commit, consecrate, devote, give |
(verb) inscribe or address by way of compliment | - |
(verb) open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building | - |
dedicated | (adjective) devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose | - |
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(adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | Synonyms: consecrate, consecrated |
defalcate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate |
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defecate | (verb) have a bowel movement | Synonyms: ca-ca, crap, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit |
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delicate | (adjective) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury | - |
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(adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: fragile, frail |
(adjective) difficult to handle; requiring great tact | Synonyms: ticklish, touchy |
(adjective) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | Synonyms: finespun |
(adjective) of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | - |
(adjective) marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | - |
(adjective) easily hurt | Synonyms: soft |
delicately | (adverb) in a delicate manner | Synonyms: exquisitely, fine, finely |
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delicatessen | (noun) a shop selling ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: deli, food shop |
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(noun) ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: delicatessen food |
demarcate | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimit, delimitate |
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(verb) separate clearly, as if by boundaries | - |
deprecate | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: depreciate, vilipend |
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(verb) express strong disapproval of; deplore | - |
desiccate | (adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: arid, desiccated |
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(verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate |
(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
(verb) remove water from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
desiccated | (adjective) thoroughly dried out | Synonyms: dried-out |
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(adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless | Synonyms: arid, desiccate |
(adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: dehydrated, dried |
detoxicate | (verb) remove poison from | Synonyms: detoxify |
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dislocate | (verb) move out of position | Synonyms: luxate, slip, splay |
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(verb) put out of its usual place, position, or relationship | - |
dislocated | (adjective) separated at the joint | Synonyms: disjointed, separated |
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divaricate | (verb) spread apart | - |
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(verb) branch off | - |
domesticate | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
(verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: tame |
domesticated | (adjective) accustomed to home life | - |
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(adjective) converted or adapted to domestic use | Synonyms: domestic |
duplicate | (adjective) being two identical | Synonyms: matching, twin, twinned |
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(adjective) identically copied from an original | - |
(noun) a copy that corresponds to an original exactly | Synonyms: duplication |
(noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: extra |
(verb) increase twofold | Synonyms: double |
(verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
(verb) make a duplicate or duplicates of | - |
(verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: parallel, twin |
educate | (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, prepare, train |
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(verb) give an education to | - |
(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, cultivate, school, train |
educated | (adjective) possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) | - |
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(adjective) characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved | Synonyms: enlightened |
educatee | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: pupil, student |
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embrocate | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, inunct, oil |
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equivocate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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eradicate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out |
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(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot |
excommunicate | (verb) exclude from a church or a religious community | Synonyms: curse, unchurch |
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(verb) oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree | - |
explicate | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explain |
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(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: develop, formulate |
exsiccate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, dry up |
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extricate | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, untangle |
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fabricate | (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, invent, make up, manufacture |
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(verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: construct, manufacture |
fabricated | (adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination | Synonyms: fancied, fictional, fictitious |
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falcate | (adjective) curved like a sickle | Synonyms: falciform, sickle-shaped |
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fluosilicate | (noun) salt of fluosilicic acid | - |
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forficate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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formicate | (verb) crawl about like ants | - |
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