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Impose

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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Broader term 7

Bill 76% connected

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Compel 76% connected

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Obligate 76% connected

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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Oblige 76% connected

To attach, as by a bond.

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Manner of action 18

Clamp 76% connected

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

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Dictate 76% connected

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

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Distrain 76% connected

To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

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Fine 76% connected

Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

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Foist 76% connected

A light and fast-sailing ship.

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Give 76% 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…

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Intrude 76% connected

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Mulct 76% connected

A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

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Obtrude 76% connected

To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Penalize 76% connected

To make penal.

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Prescribe 76% connected

To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.

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Punish 76% connected

To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; t…

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Reimpose 76% connected

To impose anew.

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Tax 76% connected

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

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Tithe 76% connected

A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy f…

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Toll 76% connected

To take away; to vacate; to annul.

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Enforcement 74% connected

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

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Enforcement 74% connected

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

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Levy 74% 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…

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Levy 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Visitation 74% connected

The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Visitation 74% connected

The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.

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Synonym 5

Constrain 92% connected

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enforce 92% connected

To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inflict 92% connected

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Levy 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Visit 92% connected

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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