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Care

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Manner of action 28

Administer 76% connected

To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the…

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Attend 76% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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Brood 76% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Coordinate 76% connected

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Dwell 76% connected

To delay; to linger.

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Fuss 76% connected

A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

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Juggle 76% connected

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Misconduct 76% connected

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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Mishandle 76% connected

To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

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Mismanage 76% connected

To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.

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Mother 76% connected

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

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Nurse 76% connected

One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

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Nurture 76% connected

The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.

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Organize 76% connected

To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…

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Parent 76% connected

One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

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Please 76% connected

To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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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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Rear 76% connected

Early; soon.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Work 76% connected

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

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Aid 76% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Anxiety 76% connected

Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

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Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Command 76% connected

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

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Compassionate 76% connected

Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Fixing 76% connected

of Fix

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Fixture 76% connected

That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is,…

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Judiciousness 76% connected

The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.

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Mend 76% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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Mending 76% connected

of Mend

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Pity 76% connected

Piety.

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Plight 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

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Predicament 76% connected

A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or co…

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Quandary 76% connected

A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty.

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Repair 76% connected

To return.

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Reparation 76% connected

The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, re…

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Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Work 76% connected

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

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Incubation 76% connected

A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

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Intervention 76% connected

The act of intervening; interposition.

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Livery 76% connected

The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.

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Manicure 76% connected

A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.

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Nourishment 76% connected

The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

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Nursing 76% connected

of Nurse

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Overhaul 76% connected

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

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Providence 76% connected

The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Treatment 76% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Aid 74% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Aid 74% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Concern 74% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Concern 74% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Help 74% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Help 74% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Lovingness 74% connected

Affection; kind regard.

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Lovingness 74% connected

Affection; kind regard.

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Manage 74% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Manage 74% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Treatment 74% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Treatment 74% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Trouble 74% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Trouble 74% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Vexation 74% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Vexation 74% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Worry 74% connected

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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Worry 74% connected

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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Aid 92% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Attention 92% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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Caution 92% connected

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wa…

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Charge 92% connected

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

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Concern 92% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Fear 92% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Forethought 92% connected

Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

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Guardianship 92% connected

The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

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Handle 92% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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Like 92% connected

Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

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Maintenance 92% connected

The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

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Manage 92% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Precaution 92% connected

Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution.

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Tending 92% connected

of Tend

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Tutelage 92% connected

The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.

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Wish 92% connected

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

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Worry 92% connected

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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