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Assure

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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Verb group 24

Ascertain 84% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Ascertain 84% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Check 84% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Check 84% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Control 84% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 84% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Determine 84% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Determine 84% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Guarantee 84% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Guarantee 84% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Learn 84% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Learn 84% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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See 84% connected

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

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See 84% connected

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

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Tick 84% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Tick 84% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Verify 84% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Verify 84% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Vouch 84% connected

To call; to summon.

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Vouch 84% connected

To call; to summon.

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Watch 84% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Watch 84% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Affirm 76% connected

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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Assert 76% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Aver 76% connected

A work horse, or working ox.

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Avow 76% connected

To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Persuade 76% connected

To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

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Swan 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

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Swear 76% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

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Verify 76% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Manner of action 13

Card 76% connected

A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game play…

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Cinch 76% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Cover 76% 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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Doom 76% connected

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

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Guarantee 76% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Pledge 76% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

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Plight 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

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Proof 76% connected

Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

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Reassure 76% connected

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.

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Undertake 76% connected

To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

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Derivationally related 12

Assurance 74% connected

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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Assurance 74% connected

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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Promise 74% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

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Promise 74% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Promisee 74% connected

The person to whom a promise is made.

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Promisee 74% connected

The person to whom a promise is made.

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Promiser 74% connected

One who promises.

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Promiser 74% connected

One who promises.

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Promisor 74% connected

One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.

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Promisor 74% connected

One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.

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Promissory 74% connected

Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.

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Promissory 74% connected

Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne.

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Synonym 10

Ascertain 92% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Check 92% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Control 92% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ensure 92% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Guarantee 92% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insure 92% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Promise 92% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Secure 92% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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See 92% connected

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

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Tell 92% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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