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Verb group 28

Ascertain 84% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Ascertain 84% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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Assure 84% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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Assure 84% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

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Check 84% 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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Check 84% 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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Determine 84% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Determine 84% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Ensure 84% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

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Ensure 84% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Learn 84% 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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Learn 84% 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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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Master 84% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Master 84% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Operate 84% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Operate 84% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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See 84% connected

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

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See 84% connected

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

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Tick 84% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Tick 84% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Verify 84% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Verify 84% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Watch 84% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Watch 84% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Abnegate 76% connected

To deny and reject; to abjure.

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Bate 76% connected

Strife; contention.

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Becharm 76% connected

To charm; to captivate.

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Card 76% connected

A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game play…

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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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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Charm 76% connected

A melody; a song.

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Cinch 76% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

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Classify 76% connected

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

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Conquer 76% connected

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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Corner 76% connected

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

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Counteract 76% connected

To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…

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Countercheck 76% connected

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Cover 76% 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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Crucify 76% connected

To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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Damp 76% connected

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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Deal 76% 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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Deny 76% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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Dial 76% connected

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Dominate 76% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Fly 76% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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Gate 76% connected

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…

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Govern 76% connected

To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.

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Guide 76% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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Handle 76% connected

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

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Harness 76% connected

Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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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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Ingratiate 76% connected

To introduce or commend to the favor of another; to bring into favor; to insinuate; -- used reflexively, and followed by with before the person whose…

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Internationalize 76% connected

To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relations of two or more nations; as, to internationalize a principle of law, or a philanthropic…

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Localize 76% connected

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

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Manage 76% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Maneuver 76% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 76% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Master 76% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Monopolize 76% connected

To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as,…

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Mortify 76% connected

To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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Pedal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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Pilot 76% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Preoccupy 76% connected

To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

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Preside 76% connected

To be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; to occupy the place of president, chairman, moderator, director, etc.; to direct, control, and regul…

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Proof 76% connected

Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

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Regiment 76% connected

Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.

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Rein 76% connected

The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

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Relay 76% connected

To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Steer 76% connected

A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.

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Subdue 76% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Submarine 76% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Suppress 76% connected

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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Synchronize 76% connected

To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

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Taboo 76% connected

A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and…

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Tease 76% connected

To comb or card, as wool or flax.

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Thermostat 76% connected

A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing…

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Treadle 76% connected

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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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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Absolutism 76% connected

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.

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Ascendant 76% connected

Ascent; height; elevation.

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Ascendent 76% connected

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

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Authority 76% connected

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authori…

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Authorization 76% connected

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Cap 76% connected

A covering for the head

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Ceiling 76% connected

of Ceil

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Continence 76% connected

Alt. of Continency

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Despotism 76% connected

The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.

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Dial 76% connected

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Dominance 76% connected

Alt. of Dominancy

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Domination 76% connected

The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

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Dominion 76% connected

Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

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Floor 76% connected

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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Governor 76% connected

One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pe…

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Grasping 76% connected

Seizing; embracing; catching.

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Guidance 76% connected

The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

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Handwheel 76% connected

Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.

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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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Imperialism 76% connected

The power or character of an emperor; imperial authority; the spirit of empire.

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Inhibition 76% connected

The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.

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Mastery 76% connected

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

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Moderation 76% connected

The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

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Monopoly 76% connected

The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some…

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Ownership 76% connected

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

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Possession 76% connected

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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Potency 76% connected

The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influenc…

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Predominance 76% connected

The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.

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Predomination 76% connected

The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.

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Prehension 76% connected

The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.

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Prepotency 76% connected

The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

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Regulating 76% connected

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Regulation 76% connected

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

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Regulator 76% connected

One who, or that which, regulates.

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Rein 76% connected

The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

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Repression 76% connected

The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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Roof 76% connected

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon t…

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Seizing 76% connected

of Seize

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Self-control 76% connected

Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.

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Self-denial 76% connected

The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.

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Self-discipline 76% connected

Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.

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Self-restraint 76% connected

Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.

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Steerage 76% connected

The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.

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Steering 76% connected

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Supremacy 76% connected

The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament.

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Switch 76% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Temperance 76% connected

Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Temperateness 76% connected

The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tyranny 76% connected

The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Valve 76% connected

A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

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Broader term 31

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assure 76% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Criterion 76% connected

A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judg…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curb 76% connected

To bend or curve

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curtail 76% connected

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discipline 76% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ensure 76% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Essay 76% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insure 76% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interact 76% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Know 76% connected

Knee.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manipulate 76% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mechanism 76% connected

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anythi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prove 76% connected

To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restrict 76% connected

Restricted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Standard 76% connected

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Test 76% connected

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Verify 76% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 36

Check 74% 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,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Check 74% 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,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Command 74% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Command 74% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Commandant 74% connected

A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Commandant 74% connected

A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Commander 74% connected

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Commander 74% connected

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Controller 74% connected

One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Controller 74% connected

One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dominant 74% connected

Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dominant 74% connected

Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dominate 74% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dominate 74% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hold 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hold 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manipulate 74% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manipulate 74% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manipulation 74% connected

The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manipulation 74% connected

The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manipulative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Manipulative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Master 74% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Master 74% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Operate 74% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Operate 74% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Operation 74% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Operation 74% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Operative 74% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Operative 74% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Restriction 74% connected

The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Restriction 74% connected

The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Restrictive 74% connected

Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Restrictive 74% connected

Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 1

Understand 72% 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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Containing whole 2

Experiment 70% connected

Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or o…

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Experimentation 70% connected

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 23

Ascendance 92% connected

Same as Ascendency.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ascendancy 92% connected

Alt. of Ascendance

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ascendency 92% connected

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ascertain 92% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assure 92% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Check 92% 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,…

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.

Command 92% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contain 92% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Controller 92% connected

One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Curb 92% connected

To bend or curve

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dominance 92% connected

Alt. of Dominancy

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ensure 92% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hold 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insure 92% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manipulate 92% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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.

Master 92% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mastery 92% connected

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moderate 92% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Operate 92% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Restraint 92% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Restrict 92% connected

Restricted.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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See 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Verify 92% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Professional alternative 1

Risk 84% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

risk vocabulary 55% interchangeable

A measure designed to manage risk.

Antonym 2

Unrestraint 94% connected

Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Unrestraint 94% connected

Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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