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Capitulate

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.

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Surrender 76% connected

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Capitulation 74% connected

A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Capitulation 74% connected

A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.

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Accord verb · 78% connection

To bring to an agreement, as persons; to reconcile; to settle, adjust, harmonize, or compose, as things; as, to accord suits or contro…

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Agree verb · 78% connection

To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Antenna noun · 78% connection

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually fo…

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Apply verb · 78% connection

To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

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Article verb · 78% connection

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant.

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Capitulary noun · 78% connection

A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: settle, draw, heads, terms, agreement.
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Chapter noun · 78% connection

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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Chicory noun · 78% connection

perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: settle, draw, heads, terms, agreement.
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Composition noun · 78% connection

Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement…

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Compound verb · 78% connection

To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the pe…

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Concert verb · 78% connection

To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

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Concord verb · 78% connection

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life…

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Concur verb · 78% connection

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life…

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Contents noun · 78% connection

a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

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Contract verb · 78% connection

To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail.

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…

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