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Enlist

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

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Manner of action 4

Conscript 76% connected

Enrolled; written; registered.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Levy 76% connected

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recruit 76% connected

To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Enrol 76% connected

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oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enroll 76% connected

To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inscribe 76% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Procure 76% connected

To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recruit 76% connected

To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Conscript 74% connected

Enrolled; written; registered.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Conscript 74% connected

Enrolled; written; registered.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hitch 74% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hitch 74% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muster 74% connected

Something shown for imitation; a pattern.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Muster 74% connected

Something shown for imitation; a pattern.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Draft 92% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Engage 92% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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