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Convert

To cause to turn; to turn.

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Verb group 6

Change 84% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Change 84% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shift 84% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Shift 84% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Switch 84% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Switch 84% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Persuade 76% connected

To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Replace 76% connected

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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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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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Manner of action 45

Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Capitalize 76% connected

To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

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Catholicize 76% connected

To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.

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Christianize 76% connected

To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.

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Compost 76% connected

A mixture; a compound.

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Cutinize 76% connected

To change into cutin.

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Deaden 76% connected

To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…

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Decimalize 76% connected

To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.

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Diazotize 76% connected

To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.

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Disarm 76% connected

To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Duplex 76% connected

Double; twofold.

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Evangelize 76% connected

To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.

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Ferment 76% connected

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Feudalize 76% connected

To reduce toa feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Flour 76% connected

The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fossilize 76% connected

To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.

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Hay 76% connected

A hedge.

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Immobilize 76% connected

To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

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Islamize 76% connected

To conform, or cause to conform, to the religion of Islam.

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Latinize 76% connected

To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.

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Launder 76% connected

A washerwoman.

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Lignify 76% connected

To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.

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Malt 76% connected

Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in…

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Metrify 76% connected

To make verse.

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Mineralize 76% connected

To transform into a mineral.

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Nitrify 76% connected

To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Novelize 76% connected

To innovate.

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Opalize 76% connected

To convert into opal, or a substance like opal.

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Ozonize 76% connected

To convert into ozone, as oxygen.

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Proselytize 76% connected

To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.

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Receive 76% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reclaim 76% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

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Reconvert 76% connected

To convert again.

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Rectify 76% connected

To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrap 76% connected

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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Slag 76% connected

The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.

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Sulfate 76% connected

a salt or ester of sulphuric acid

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Tan 76% connected

See Picul.

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Transcribe 76% connected

To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.

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Transition 76% connected

Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

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Utilize 76% connected

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Narrower term 1

Proselyte 76% connected

A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to…

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Derivationally related 10

Conversion 74% connected

The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Conversion 74% connected

The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Converter 74% connected

One who converts; one who makes converts.

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Converter 74% connected

One who converts; one who makes converts.

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Convertible 74% connected

Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

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Convertible 74% connected

Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

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Exchange 74% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Exchange 74% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Exchanger 74% connected

One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.

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Exchanger 74% connected

One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.

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Synonym 4

Change 92% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Commute 92% connected

To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Convince 92% connected

To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exchange 92% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Change 82% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

general 58% interchangeable

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