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Constitute

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

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Manner of action 15

Add 76% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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Appoint 76% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

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Chelate 76% connected

Same as Cheliferous.

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Nominate 76% connected

To mention by name; to name.

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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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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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Straddle 76% connected

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

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Supplement 76% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Comprise 76% connected

To comprehend; to include.

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Establish 76% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Found 76% connected

of Find

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Institute 76% connected

Established; organized; founded.

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Pioneer 76% connected

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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form 74% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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form 74% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Innovation 74% connected

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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Innovation 74% connected

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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Nomination 74% connected

The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

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Nomination 74% connected

The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated.

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Nominative 74% connected

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

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Nominative 74% connected

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

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Synonym 12

Appoint 92% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Be 92% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Comprise 92% connected

To comprehend; to include.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Establish 92% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Found 92% connected

of Find

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Institute 92% connected

Established; organized; founded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Name 92% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Nominate 92% connected

To mention by name; to name.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Plant 92% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Represent 92% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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