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Entitle

To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book "Commentaries;" to entitle a man "Honorable."

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Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Authorize 76% connected

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

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Empower 76% connected

To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try an…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Name 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Promote 76% connected

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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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Dub 76% connected

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Knight 76% connected

A young servant or follower; a military attendant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lord 76% connected

A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Proclaim 76% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ennoble 92% connected

To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gentle 92% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Title 92% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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