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Inscribe

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

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Verb group 4

Engrave 84% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Engrave 84% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Etch 84% connected

A variant of Eddish.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Etch 84% connected

A variant of Eddish.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Carve 76% connected

To cut.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dedicate 76% connected

Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Delineate 76% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Describe 76% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enlist 76% connected

To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Matriculate 76% connected

To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by en…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Inscription 74% connected

The act or process of inscribing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inscription 74% connected

The act or process of inscribing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Registration 74% connected

The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Registration 74% connected

The act of registering; registry; enrollment.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 12

Autograph 92% connected

That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cipher 92% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Code 92% connected

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a comp…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cypher 92% connected

See Cipher.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Engrave 92% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enrol 92% connected

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oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enroll 92% connected

To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enter 92% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grave 92% connected

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raise 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Recruit 92% connected

To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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