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Dispose

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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Manner of action 13

Abandon 76% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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Capacitate 76% connected

To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

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Dump 76% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Habilitate 76% connected

Qualified or entitled.

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Jettison 76% connected

The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

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Junk 76% connected

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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Liquidize 76% connected

To render liquid.

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Predispose 76% connected

To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

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Redispose 76% connected

To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.

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Retire 76% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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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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Trash 76% connected

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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Unlearn 76% connected

To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Regulate 76% connected

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Sell 76% connected

Self.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Calibre 74% connected

The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8…

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Calibre 74% connected

The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8…

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Disposition 74% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Disposition 74% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Synonym 5

Discard 92% connected

To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

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Fling 92% connected

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incline 92% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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Qualify 92% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Toss 92% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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Antonym 4

Disincline 94% connected

To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

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Disincline 94% connected

To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

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Disqualify 94% connected

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state,…

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Disqualify 94% connected

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state,…

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