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Include

To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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Verb group 6

Accept 84% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Accept 84% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Admit 84% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Admit 84% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Add 76% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Countenance 76% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Let 76% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Permit 76% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 18

Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Colligate 76% connected

To tie or bind together.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Comprehend 76% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Comprise 76% connected

To comprehend; to include.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consist 76% connected

To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contain 76% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Count 76% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Embrace 76% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

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Encompass 76% connected

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Incorporate 76% connected

Not consisting of matter; not having a material body; incorporeal; spiritual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Induct 76% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Involve 76% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Readmit 76% connected

To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.

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Subsume 76% connected

To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Inclusion 74% connected

The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inclusion 74% connected

The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inclusive 74% connected

Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inclusive 74% connected

Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 2

Feature 72% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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have 72% connected

of Have

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Admit 92% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 4

Except 94% connected

To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Except 94% connected

To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exclude 94% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exclude 94% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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