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Generate

To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

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Verb group 6

Establish 84% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Establish 84% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Yield 84% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Yield 84% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 3

Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Produce 76% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Liberate 76% connected

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind…

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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Derivationally related 12

Fruit 74% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fruit 74% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Generation 74% connected

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Generation 74% connected

The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Generative 74% connected

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Generative 74% connected

Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Generator 74% connected

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Generator 74% connected

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Production 74% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Production 74% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Yield 74% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Yield 74% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 10

Beget 92% connected

To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Engender 92% connected

To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Father 92% connected

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Get 92% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Give 92% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mother 92% connected

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Render 92% connected

One who rends.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sire 92% connected

A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Yield 92% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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