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Denote

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.

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Verb group 2

Refer 84% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Refer 84% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 20

Advertise 76% connected

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Convolute 76% connected

Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Denounce 76% connected

To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Euphemize 76% connected

To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

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Identify 76% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pervert 76% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recall 76% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slur 76% connected

To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sophisticate 76% connected

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Trump 76% connected

A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Broader term 6

Denominate 76% connected

To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intend 76% connected

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Signify 76% connected

To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to exp…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Denotative 74% connected

Having power to denote; designating or marking off.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Denotative 74% connected

Having power to denote; designating or marking off.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Denotive 74% connected

Serving to denote.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Denotive 74% connected

Serving to denote.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indication 74% connected

Act of pointing out or indicating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indication 74% connected

Act of pointing out or indicating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reference 74% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reference 74% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Announce 92% connected

To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Refer 92% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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