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Broader term 16

Advise 76% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Attempt 76% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Greet 76% connected

Great.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Offering 76% connected

of Offer

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Plead 76% connected

of Plead

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Propose 76% connected

To set forth.

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Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Manner of action 12

Allure 76% connected

To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable…

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Challenge 76% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

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Congratulate 76% connected

To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

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Double 76% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Felicitate 76% connected

Made very happy.

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Outbid 76% connected

of Outbid

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Overbid 76% connected

To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.

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Preempt 76% connected

To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Subscribe 76% connected

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Tempt 76% connected

To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

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Underbid 76% connected

To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.

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Narrower term 12

Behest 76% connected

That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commandment 76% connected

An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

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Commission 76% connected

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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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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Countermand 76% connected

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

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Declaration 76% connected

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; expositio…

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Injunction 76% connected

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Overbid 76% connected

To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.

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Preempt 76% connected

To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.

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Derivationally related 14

Adjuration 74% connected

The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

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Adjuration 74% connected

The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

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Adjuratory 74% connected

Containing an adjuration.

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Adjuratory 74% connected

Containing an adjuration.

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Bidder 74% connected

One who bids or offers a price.

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Bidder 74% connected

One who bids or offers a price.

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Entreat 74% connected

To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

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Entreat 74% connected

To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

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Invitation 74% connected

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

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Invitation 74% connected

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

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Offer 74% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Offer 74% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Entails 2

Bargain 72% connected

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property f…

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Dicker 72% connected

The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves.

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Containing whole 1

Bridge 70% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Synonym 14

Adjure 92% connected

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to en…

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Beseech 92% connected

To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore.

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Bidding 92% connected

of Bid

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Call 92% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Command 92% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Conjure 92% connected

To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

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Dictation 92% connected

The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

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Entreat 92% connected

To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use.

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Invite 92% connected

To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Offer 92% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Play 92% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Press 92% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Tender 92% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Wish 92% connected

To have a desire or yearning; to long; to hanker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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