Embarrass: alternatives and connections

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Mixed; confounded.

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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American c…

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A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

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To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

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To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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of Forbid

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To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

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To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

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To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

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To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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To set up; to put upright.

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The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

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The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

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To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame…

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A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

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Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…

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