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That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Moderate 84% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Normal 84% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Normal 84% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Ordinary 84% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Ordinary 84% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Broader term 16

Accomplish 76% connected

To complete, as time or distance.

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Achieve 76% connected

To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.

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Amount 76% connected

To go up; to ascend.

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Attain 76% connected

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Cipher 76% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

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Come 76% connected

of Come

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Compute 76% connected

To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

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Cypher 76% connected

See Cipher.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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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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Ratio 76% connected

The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the sec…

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Statistic 76% connected

Alt. of Statistical

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Total 76% connected

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.

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Narrower term 3

Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

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Median 76% connected

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

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Mode 76% connected

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

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Derivationally related 2

Median 74% connected

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

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Median 74% connected

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

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Synonym 10

Fair 92% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Intermediate 92% connected

Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermedi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mean 92% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Median 92% connected

Being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mediocre 92% connected

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

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Medium 92% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Middling 92% connected

Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

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Modal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Norm 92% connected

A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ordinary 92% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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