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Assort

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]

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Manner of action 20

Accompany 76% connected

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech wi…

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Ally 76% connected

To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Catalog 76% connected

Catalogue.

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Catalogue 76% connected

A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of b…

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Companion 76% connected

One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Company 76% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Count 76% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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Date 76% connected

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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Dichotomize 76% connected

To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect.

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Grade 76% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Isolate 76% connected

To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Pigeonhole 76% connected

A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartm…

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Size 76% connected

Six.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Stereotype 76% connected

A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, use…

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Unitize 76% connected

To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.

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Broader term 2

Categorize 76% connected

To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue.

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Interact 76% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

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Consort 74% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Consort 74% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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Entails 1

Compare 72% connected

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

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Synonym 7

Affiliate 92% connected

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Associate 92% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Class 92% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Classify 92% connected

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Consort 92% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Separate 92% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sort 92% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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