To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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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 or feelings; to deaden a sound.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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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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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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To cause to turn; to turn.
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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
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To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
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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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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…
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To make soft or more soft.
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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…
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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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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
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To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.
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To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.
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To make soft or more soft.
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To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…
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Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
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Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.
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A griddle.
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A griddle.
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Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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.
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
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.
A griddle.
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