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A caviling; a sophism.

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Exception 76% connected

The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Rendering 76% connected

of Render

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Translation 76% connected

The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the transla…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Version 76% connected

A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.

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Captious 74% connected

Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Captious 74% connected

Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 5

Film 70% connected

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flick 70% connected

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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Illustration 70% connected

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pic 70% connected

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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Picture 70% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Synonym 1

Legend 92% connected

That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of re…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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