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Adjudge

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

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Acknowledge 76% connected

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

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Admit 76% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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Bastardize 76% connected

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

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Beatify 76% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

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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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Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Canonize 76% connected

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Certify 76% connected

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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Formalize 76% connected

To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Saint 76% connected

A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

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Superannuate 76% connected

To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Declaratory 74% connected

Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legisl…

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Declaratory 74% connected

Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legisl…

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Synonym 2

Declare 92% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hold 92% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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