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Adjust

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 standard.

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Manner of action 37

Acclimate 76% connected

To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

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Acclimatize 76% connected

To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man,…

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Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

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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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Assimilate 76% connected

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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Attune 76% connected

To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.

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Calibrate 76% connected

To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards o…

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Collimate 76% connected

To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.

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Concenter 76% connected

Alt. of Concentre

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Concentre 76% connected

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

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Coordinate 76% connected

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Focalize 76% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Graduate 76% connected

To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

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Harmonize 76% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Justify 76% connected

To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Modulate 76% connected

To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.

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Obey 76% connected

To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

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Ordinate 76% connected

Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

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Plumb 76% connected

A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bo…

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Proportion 76% connected

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…

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Readjust 76% connected

To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

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Reconcile 76% connected

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to r…

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Regulate 76% connected

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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Reset 76% connected

To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Sharpen 76% connected

To make sharp.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Synchronize 76% connected

To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

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Temper 76% connected

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Trim 76% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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True 76% connected

Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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Tune 76% connected

A sound; a note; a tone.

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Zero 76% connected

A cipher; nothing; naught.

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Accommodate 76% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Adapt 76% connected

Fitted; suited.

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Adjudicate 76% connected

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Decide 76% connected

To cut off; to separate.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Reorient 76% connected

Rising again.

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Adaptable 74% connected

Capable of being adapted.

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Adaptable 74% connected

Capable of being adapted.

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Adaptation 74% connected

The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

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Adaptation 74% connected

The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

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Adjustable 74% connected

Capable of being adjusted.

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Adjustable 74% connected

Capable of being adjusted.

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Adjuster 74% connected

One who, or that which, adjusts.

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Adjuster 74% connected

One who, or that which, adjusts.

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Adjustive 74% connected

Tending to adjust.

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Adjustive 74% connected

Tending to adjust.

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Adjustment 74% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Adjustment 74% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Allowance 74% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Allowance 74% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Alteration 74% connected

The act of altering or making different.

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Alteration 74% connected

The act of altering or making different.

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Adapt 92% connected

Fitted; suited.

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Align 92% 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 92% connected

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

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Conform 92% connected

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

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Correct 92% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Set 92% connected

of Set

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