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Correspond

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.

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Verb group 12

Accord 84% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Accord 84% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Agree 84% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Agree 84% connected

In good part; kindly.

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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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Concord 84% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Concord 84% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Consort 84% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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Consort 84% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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Harmonize 84% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Harmonize 84% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Manner of action 37

Accord 76% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

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Adhere 76% connected

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Align 76% connected

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Befit 76% connected

To be suitable to; to suit; to become.

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Beseem 76% connected

Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become;…

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Coincide 76% connected

To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Conform 76% connected

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

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Consist 76% connected

To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist…

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Consort 76% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

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Correlate 76% connected

To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

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Corroborate 76% connected

To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

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Duplicate 76% connected

Double; twofold.

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Embody 76% connected

To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatis…

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Exceed 76% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

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Harmonize 76% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Homologize 76% connected

To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

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Incarnate 76% connected

Not in the flesh; spiritual.

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Lend 76% connected

To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Parallel 76% connected

Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Resemble 76% connected

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

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Rhyme 76% connected

An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

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Rime 76% connected

A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Substantiate 76% connected

To make to exist; to make real.

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Suit 76% connected

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

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Surpass 76% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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Transcend 76% connected

To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds.

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Twin 76% connected

Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

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Underpin 76% connected

To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Broader term 5

Be 76% connected

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

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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…

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Equal 76% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

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Exchange 76% 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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Interchange 76% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Derivationally related 8

Correspondence 74% connected

Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

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Correspondence 74% connected

Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

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Correspondent 74% connected

Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.

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Correspondent 74% connected

Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.

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Equation 74% connected

A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.

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Equation 74% connected

A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.

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Equivalence 74% connected

The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

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Equivalence 74% connected

The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

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Entails 1

Write 72% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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See also 2

Stand 66% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Stand 66% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Synonym 9

Agree 92% connected

In good part; kindly.

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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

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Equate 92% connected

To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to me…

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Fit 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Gibe 92% 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 92% 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 92% 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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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.

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Tally 92% 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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