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Conceive

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Discover 76% connected

To uncover.

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Esteem 76% connected

To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

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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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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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Hold 76% connected

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

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Preconceive 76% connected

To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Repute 76% connected

To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

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See 76% connected

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

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Superfetate 76% connected

To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Concept 74% connected

An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

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Concept 74% connected

An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.

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Conception 74% connected

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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Conception 74% connected

The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

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Conceptive 74% connected

Capable of conceiving.

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Conceptive 74% connected

Capable of conceiving.

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Thought 74% connected

of Think

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Thought 74% connected

of Think

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View 74% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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View 74% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Copulate 72% connected

Joined; associated; coupled.

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Couple 72% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Mate 72% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Pair 72% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Synonym 3

Believe 92% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Consider 92% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Think 92% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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