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Annotate

To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Indite 76% connected

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

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Interpret 76% connected

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

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Pen 76% connected

A feather.

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Rede 76% connected

To advise or counsel.

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Annotator 74% connected

A writer of annotations; a commentator.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Annotator 74% connected

A writer of annotations; a commentator.

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Gloss 74% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gloss 74% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Glossary 74% connected

A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or scie…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Glossary 74% connected

A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or scie…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Notation 74% connected

The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

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Notation 74% connected

The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

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Note 74% connected

To butt; to push with the horns.

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Note 74% connected

To butt; to push with the horns.

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Comment 92% connected

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Footnote 92% connected

A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gloss 92% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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