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Disqualify

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

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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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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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Modify 76% connected

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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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Disbar 76% connected

To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such.

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Recuse 76% connected

To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.

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Disqualification 74% connected

The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holdin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disqualification 74% connected

The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holdin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indispose 92% connected

To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unfit 92% connected

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dispose 94% connected

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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Dispose 94% connected

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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Qualify 94% 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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Qualify 94% 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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