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Accede

To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.

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Broader term 5

Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Succeed 76% connected

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds sum…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Succumb 76% connected

To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yield 76% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascend 76% connected

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Connive 76% connected

To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

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Derivationally related 8

Accession 74% connected

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accession 74% connected

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acquiescence 74% connected

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the oth…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acquiescence 74% connected

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the oth…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acquiescent 74% connected

Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

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Acquiescent 74% connected

Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

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Assent 74% connected

To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

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Assent 74% connected

To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

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Synonym 6

Acquiesce 92% connected

To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to acc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assent 92% connected

To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bow 92% connected

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Defer 92% connected

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enter 92% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Submit 92% connected

To let down; to lower.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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