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Address

To aim; to direct.

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Verb group 16

Call 84% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Call 84% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Comprehend 84% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Comprehend 84% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Embrace 84% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

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Embrace 84% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

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Encompass 84% connected

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a…

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Encompass 84% connected

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a…

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Handle 84% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Handle 84% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Name 84% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Name 84% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Treat 84% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Treat 84% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Narrower term 16

Abode 76% connected

of Abide

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Allocution 76% connected

The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.

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Argument 76% connected

Proof; evidence.

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Discourse 76% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Dithyramb 76% connected

A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild…

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Impromptu 76% connected

Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.

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Inaugural 76% connected

Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.

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Lecture 76% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Litany 76% connected

A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter…

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Oratory 76% connected

A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

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Parameter 76% connected

A term applied to some characteristic magnitude whose value, invariable as long as one and the same function, curve, surface, etc., is considered, se…

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Preaching 76% connected

of Preach

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Residence 76% connected

The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a…

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Sermon 76% connected

A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.

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Speaking 76% connected

of Speak

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Broader term 29

Access 76% connected

A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.

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Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Aim 76% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Align 76% connected

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Aline 76% connected

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Broach 76% connected

A spit.

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Code 76% connected

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a comp…

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Come 76% connected

of Come

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Employ 76% connected

To inclose; to infold.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Stance 76% connected

A stanza.

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Tact 76% connected

The sense of touch; feeling.

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Target 76% connected

A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Utilize 76% connected

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Manner of action 12

Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Discourse 76% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

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Greet 76% connected

Great.

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Harangue 76% connected

A speech addressed to a large public assembly; a popular oration; a loud address a multitude; in a bad sense, a noisy or pompous speech; declamation;…

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Keynote 76% connected

The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the p…

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Memorialize 76% connected

To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature.

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Misdirect 76% connected

To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.

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Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Theologize 76% connected

To render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.

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Addressee 74% connected

One to whom anything is addressed.

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Addressee 74% connected

One to whom anything is addressed.

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Discourse 74% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Discourse 74% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Entails 2

Speak 72% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 72% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Component part 7

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Close 70% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Closing 70% connected

of Close

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Conclusion 70% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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End 70% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 70% connected

of End

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Introduction 70% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Containing whole 2

Letter 70% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

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Missive 70% connected

Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.

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Accost 92% connected

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

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Call 92% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Cover 92% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Destination 92% connected

The act of destining or appointing.

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Direct 92% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Handle 92% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Plow 92% connected

Alt. of Plough

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Reference 92% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Speak 92% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Speech 92% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Treat 92% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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