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Conform

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

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Manner of action 12

Acclimate 76% connected

To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

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Acclimatize 76% connected

To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man,…

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Assimilate 76% connected

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Focalize 76% connected

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Match 76% 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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Obey 76% connected

To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.

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Readjust 76% connected

To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

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Scan 76% connected

To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Suit 76% connected

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

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Check 76% connected

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,…

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Correspond 76% 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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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Gibe 76% connected

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

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Jibe 76% 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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Match 76% 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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Tally 76% 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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Accommodation 74% connected

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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Accommodation 74% connected

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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Adjustive 74% connected

Tending to adjust.

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Adjustive 74% connected

Tending to adjust.

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Adjustment 74% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Adjustment 74% connected

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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Compliance 74% connected

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

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Compliance 74% connected

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

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Conformity 74% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

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Conformity 74% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

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Adapt 92% connected

Fitted; suited.

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Adjust 92% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Vary 94% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Vary 94% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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