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Derive

To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon.

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Verb group 6

Descend 84% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Descend 84% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hail 84% connected

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hail 84% connected

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Conclude 76% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evolve 76% connected

To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Obtain 76% connected

To hold; to keep; to possess.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reason 76% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elicit 76% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Etymologize 76% connected

To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reap 76% connected

To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surmise 76% connected

A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Derivation 74% connected

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Derivation 74% connected

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Derivative 74% connected

Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivat…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Derivative 74% connected

Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivat…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Illation 74% connected

The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; c…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Illation 74% connected

The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inference; deduction; c…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Come 92% connected

of Come

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deduce 92% connected

To lead forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deduct 92% connected

To lead forth or out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Descend 92% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Educe 92% connected

To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gain 92% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Infer 92% connected

To bring on; to induce; to occasion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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