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To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.

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Verb group 14

Abbreviate 84% connected

To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Abbreviate 84% connected

To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Abridge 84% connected

To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Abridge 84% connected

To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Contract 84% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Contract 84% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Foreshorten 84% connected

To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Foreshorten 84% connected

To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reduce 84% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Reduce 84% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shorten 84% connected

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shorten 84% connected

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Alter 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Censor 76% connected

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Publish 76% connected

To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an ed…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Alter 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bracket 76% connected

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative featu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Falsify 76% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interpolate 76% connected

To renew; to carry on with intermission.

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Derivationally related 4

Editor 74% connected

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Editor 74% connected

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Cut 92% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delete 92% connected

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Redact 92% connected

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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