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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.

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Accord 84% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Accord 84% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Agree 84% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Agree 84% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Ascertain 84% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Ascertain 84% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Assure 84% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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Assure 84% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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Break 84% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Break 84% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Chink 84% connected

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

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Chink 84% connected

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

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Concord 84% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Concord 84% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Consort 84% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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Consort 84% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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Control 84% connected

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

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Control 84% connected

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

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Correspond 84% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

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Correspond 84% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

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Crack 84% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Crack 84% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Determine 84% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Determine 84% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Ensure 84% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

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Ensure 84% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

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Find 84% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Find 84% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Fit 84% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Fit 84% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Gibe 84% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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Gibe 84% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Harmonize 84% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Harmonize 84% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Jibe 84% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

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Jibe 84% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

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Learn 84% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Learn 84% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Match 84% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Match 84% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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See 84% connected

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

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See 84% connected

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

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Tally 84% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Tally 84% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Tick 84% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Tick 84% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Verify 84% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Verify 84% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Watch 84% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Watch 84% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Abnegate 76% connected

To deny and reject; to abjure.

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Accord 76% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Adhere 76% connected

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Align 76% connected

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Bate 76% connected

Strife; contention.

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Befit 76% connected

To be suitable to; to suit; to become.

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Beseem 76% connected

Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become;…

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Card 76% connected

A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game play…

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Cinch 76% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Coincide 76% connected

To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Conform 76% connected

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

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Conquer 76% connected

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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Consist 76% connected

To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist…

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Consort 76% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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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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Correlate 76% connected

To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

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Corroborate 76% connected

To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

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Counteract 76% connected

To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…

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Countercheck 76% connected

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Crucify 76% connected

To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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Damp 76% connected

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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Dampen 76% connected

To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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Delay 76% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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Deny 76% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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Detain 76% connected

To keep back or from; to withhold.

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Duplicate 76% connected

Double; twofold.

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Exceed 76% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

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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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Halt 76% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Harmonize 76% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Homologize 76% connected

To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

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Lend 76% 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.

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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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Mortify 76% connected

To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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Parallel 76% connected

Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Proof 76% connected

Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

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Receipt 76% connected

The act of receiving; reception.

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Resemble 76% connected

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

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Rhyme 76% connected

An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

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Rime 76% connected

A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Stanch 76% connected

To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.

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Staunch 76% connected

Alt. of Staunchness

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Stay 76% connected

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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Stem 76% connected

Alt. of Steem

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Subdue 76% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Suit 76% connected

The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Suppress 76% connected

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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Surpass 76% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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Test 76% connected

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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Thermostat 76% connected

A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing…

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Transcend 76% connected

To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

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Twin 76% connected

Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

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Underpin 76% connected

To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.

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Watch 76% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Act 76% 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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Aggress 76% connected

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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Alter 76% connected

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

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Analyse 76% connected

Alt. of Analyser

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Analyze 76% connected

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…

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Appraisal 76% connected

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

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Assessment 76% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Bill 76% connected

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

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Blemish 76% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Blockade 76% connected

The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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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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Charge 76% connected

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

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Consign 76% connected

To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of…

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Defect 76% connected

Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

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Defend 76% connected

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

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Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Difficulty 76% connected

The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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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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Embarrass 76% connected

To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert;…

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Halt 76% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Hinder 76% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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Inaction 76% connected

Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

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Inactivity 76% connected

The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

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Invoice 76% connected

A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges ann…

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Mar 76% connected

A small lake. See Mere.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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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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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Obstruct 76% connected

To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…

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Obstruction 76% connected

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Proof 76% connected

Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

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

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Verify 76% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Weave 76% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

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Narrower term 8

Albatross 76% connected

A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, an…

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Countercheck 76% connected

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Drag 76% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Kite 76% connected

Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

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Millstone 76% connected

One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance.

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Obstacle 76% connected

That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.

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Obstruction 76% connected

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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Derivationally related 14

Checker 74% connected

One who checks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Checker 74% connected

One who checks.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confirmation 74% connected

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confirmation 74% connected

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Control 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Control 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Discipline 74% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Discipline 74% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hinder 74% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hinder 74% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Insure 74% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Insure 74% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Substantiate 74% connected

To make to exist; to make real.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Substantiate 74% connected

To make to exist; to make real.

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Entails 2

Go 72% connected

Gone.

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Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Containing whole 1

Hockey 70% connected

A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood)…

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Synonym 54

Agree 92% connected

In good part; kindly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Arrest 92% connected

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ascertain 92% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assay 92% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assure 92% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Balk 92% connected

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Baulk 92% connected

See Balk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Break 92% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bridle 92% connected

The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Checker 92% connected

One who checks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cheque 92% connected

See Check.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chequer 92% connected

Same as Checker.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chink 92% connected

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chip 92% connected

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chit 92% connected

The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Condition 92% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confirmation 92% connected

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contain 92% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Control 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Correspond 92% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crack 92% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Curb 92% connected

To bend or curve

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delay 92% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Determine 92% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deterrent 92% connected

Serving to deter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discipline 92% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ensure 92% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fit 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gibe 92% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Halt 92% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Handicap 92% connected

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hinderance 92% connected

Same as Hindrance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hindrance 92% connected

The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hitch 92% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hold 92% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impediment 92% connected

That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insure 92% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jibe 92% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Learn 92% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Match 92% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moderate 92% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retard 92% connected

To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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See 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stay 92% connected

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stop 92% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stoppage 92% connected

The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Substantiation 92% connected

The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tab 92% connected

The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tally 92% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tick 92% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

verification 92% connected

Checking that something was built according to its requirements.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Watch 92% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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