To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
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contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
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have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the politi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemic…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.(statistics) correlated variation
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a ta…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Cause, effect and change.cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemic…
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To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the gov…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.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 br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.To run together; to meet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.To bring together for comparison; to compare.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contribute, some, cause, gave, office.
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