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Distinguish

Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Broader term 12

Characterize 76% connected

To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.

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Detect 76% connected

Detected.

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Determine 76% connected

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

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Discover 76% connected

To uncover.

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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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…

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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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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Qualify 76% 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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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Manner of action 15

Characterize 76% connected

To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.

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Contradistinguish 76% connected

To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.

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Contrast 76% connected

To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.

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Demarcate 76% connected

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

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Discriminate 76% connected

Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

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Dissociate 76% connected

To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

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Individualize 76% connected

The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality.

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Know 76% connected

Knee.

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Severalize 76% connected

To distinguish.

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Sex 76% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Singularize 76% connected

To make singular or single; to distinguish.

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Stratify 76% connected

To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.

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Derivationally related 10

Departure 74% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

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Departure 74% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

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Difference 74% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

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Difference 74% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Differentiator 74% connected

One who, or that which, differentiates.

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Differentiator 74% connected

One who, or that which, differentiates.

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Entails 8

Assort 72% connected

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to ass…

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Class 72% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Classify 72% connected

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

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Compare 72% connected

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

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Comprehend 72% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Perceive 72% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

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Separate 72% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Sort 72% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Synonym 15

Describe 92% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Differentiate 92% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discern 92% connected

To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discover 92% connected

To uncover.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Identify 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Key 92% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Name 92% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Recognize 92% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Secern 92% connected

To separate; to distinguish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Separate 92% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Severalize 92% connected

To distinguish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Signalize 92% connected

To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spot 92% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Tell 92% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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