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To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Verb group 12

Cover 84% 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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Cover 84% 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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Deal 84% 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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Deal 84% 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.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Handle 84% connected

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

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Handle 84% connected

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

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Plow 84% connected

Alt. of Plough

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Plow 84% connected

Alt. of Plough

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Treat 84% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Treat 84% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Manner of action 27

Apperceive 76% connected

To perceive; to comprehend.

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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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Digest 76% connected

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.

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Discover 76% connected

To uncover.

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Divine 76% connected

Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

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Dream 76% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Find 76% 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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Hallucinate 76% connected

To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Hear 76% connected

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Listen 76% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Note 76% connected

To butt; to push with the horns.

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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Receive 76% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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See 76% connected

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

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sight 76% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Spy 76% connected

To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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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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Tumble 76% connected

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

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Twig 76% connected

To twitch; to pull; to tweak.

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Broader term 6

Discover 76% connected

To uncover.

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Hear 76% connected

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Include 76% connected

To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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Learn 76% 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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See 76% connected

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

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Understand 76% connected

To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a pro…

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Derivationally related 12

Comprehensible 74% connected

Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.

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Comprehensible 74% connected

Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.

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Comprehension 74% connected

The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.

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Comprehension 74% connected

The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.

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Observer 74% connected

One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomic…

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Observer 74% connected

One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomic…

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Perceptible 74% connected

Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.

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Perceptible 74% connected

Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.

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Perceptive 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Perceptive 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Sensing 74% connected

of Sense

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Sensing 74% connected

of Sense

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Synonym 8

Apprehend 92% connected

To take or seize; to take hold of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Compass 92% connected

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cover 92% 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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dig 92% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Embrace 92% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Encompass 92% connected

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grasp 92% connected

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Perceive 92% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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