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Confer

To bring together for comparison; to compare.

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Broader term 3

Award 76% connected

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Manner of action 4

Bless 76% connected

To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

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Collogue 76% connected

To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.

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Graduate 76% connected

To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

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Miter 76% connected

Alt. of Mitre

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Bestowal 74% connected

The act of bestowing; disposal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bestowal 74% connected

The act of bestowing; disposal.

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Bestowment 74% connected

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bestowment 74% connected

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confab 74% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Confab 74% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Bestow 92% connected

To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confab 92% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confabulate 92% connected

To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Consult 92% connected

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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