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Bring

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

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Verb group 12

Act 84% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Act 84% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Convey 84% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

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Convey 84% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

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Fetch 84% connected

To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

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Fetch 84% connected

To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

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Get 84% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Get 84% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Broader term 21

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Attract 76% connected

To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Convey 76% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Make 76% connected

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

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Sell 76% connected

Self.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Transmit 76% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Manner of action 24

Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Convey 76% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

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Defend 76% connected

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Factor 76% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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Ferry 76% connected

To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

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Fetch 76% connected

To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Impart 76% connected

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

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Instill 76% connected

To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Port 76% connected

A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

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Prosecute 76% connected

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Retrieve 76% connected

To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Tinsel 76% connected

A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

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Transfuse 76% connected

To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

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Transit 76% connected

The act of passing; passage through or over.

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Transmit 76% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Whisk 76% connected

A game at cards; whist.

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Entails 1

Come 72% connected

of Come

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See also 18

Conjure 66% connected

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

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Conjure 66% connected

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

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Induce 66% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Induce 66% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Land 66% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Land 66% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Lower 66% connected

Compar. of Low, a.

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Lower 66% connected

Compar. of Low, a.

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Produce 66% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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Produce 66% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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Publish 66% connected

To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an ed…

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Publish 66% connected

To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an ed…

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Raise 66% 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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Raise 66% 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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Rear 66% connected

Early; soon.

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Rear 66% connected

Early; soon.

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Reduce 66% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Reduce 66% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Synonym 14

Add 92% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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Bestow 92% connected

To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.

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Contribute 92% connected

To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) f…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Convey 92% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fetch 92% connected

To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Get 92% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Impart 92% connected

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Institute 92% connected

Established; organized; founded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Land 92% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Lend 92% connected

To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Take 92% connected

Taken.

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Work 92% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wreak 92% connected

To reck; to care.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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