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That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Affirm 76% connected

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Confirm 76% connected

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

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Corroborate 76% connected

To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Substantiate 76% connected

To make to exist; to make real.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Ballot 76% connected

Originally, a ball used for secret voting. Hence: Any printed or written ticket used in voting.

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Brevet 76% connected

A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [French usage].

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Capitulation 76% connected

A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

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Certificate 76% connected

A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

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Certification 76% connected

The act of certifying.

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Charter 76% connected

A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

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Confession 76% connected

Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.

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Copyright 76% connected

The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This rig…

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Credential 76% connected

Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.

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Declaration 76% connected

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; expositio…

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Enclosure 76% connected

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Inclosure 76% connected

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Letter 76% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

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Missive 76% connected

Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.

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Obligation 76% connected

The act of obligating.

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Papyrus 76% connected

A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is t…

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Patent 76% connected

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

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Platform 76% connected

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Quittance 76% connected

Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

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Resignation 76% connected

The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.

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Resolution 76% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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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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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Specification 76% connected

The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Voucher 76% connected

One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.

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Source 76% connected

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Derivationally related 6

Corroboration 74% connected

The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

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Corroboration 74% connected

The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

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Documental 74% connected

Of or pertaining to instruction.

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Documental 74% connected

Of or pertaining to instruction.

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Documentary 74% connected

Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.

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Documentary 74% connected

Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.

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Article 70% connected

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various to…

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Clause 70% connected

A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

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Preamble 70% connected

A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the…

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