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Impress

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Verb group 14

Actuate 84% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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Actuate 84% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Incite 84% connected

To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Incite 84% connected

To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

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Move 84% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Move 84% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Prompt 84% connected

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

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Prompt 84% connected

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

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Propel 84% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Propel 84% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strike 84% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strike 84% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Abduct 76% connected

To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dye 76% connected

To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impact 76% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Kidnap 76% connected

To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seizure 76% connected

The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snatch 76% connected

To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 31

Alienate 76% connected

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

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Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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Attract 76% connected

To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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Awaken 76% connected

of Awake

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Boss 76% connected

Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

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Cloud 76% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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Cyclostyle 76% connected

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end whic…

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Disturb 76% connected

To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emboss 76% connected

To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engrave 76% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

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Infect 76% connected

Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Ingrain 76% connected

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

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Instill 76% connected

To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

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Italicize 76% connected

To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.

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Jar 76% connected

A turn. [Only in phrase.]

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Letter 76% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offset 76% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pierce 76% connected

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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Prepossess 76% connected

To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.

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Prove 76% connected

To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sadden 76% connected

To make sad.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Smite 76% connected

To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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Surprise 76% connected

The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Upset 76% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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zap 76% connected

To strike or hit suddenly, especially with a burst of energy

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Derivationally related 14

Impression 74% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impression 74% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impressive 74% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impressive 74% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Print 74% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Print 74% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

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Printer 74% connected

One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman.

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Printer 74% connected

One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seizer 74% connected

One who, or that which, seizes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seizer 74% connected

One who, or that which, seizes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shanghai 74% connected

To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

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Shanghai 74% connected

To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

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Causes 2

Experience 72% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feel 72% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Entails 1

Press 72% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Synonym 9

Affect 92% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impressment 92% connected

The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Imprint 92% connected

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ingrain 92% connected

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Instill 92% connected

To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Move 92% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Print 92% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shanghai 92% connected

To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strike 92% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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