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Instruct

Arranged; furnished; provided.

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Manner of action 24

Brief 76% connected

Short in duration.

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Catechise 76% connected

To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.

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Catechize 76% connected

See Catechise.

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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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Coach 76% connected

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated…

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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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…

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Drill 76% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Edify 76% connected

To build; to construct.

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Educate 76% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Enlighten 76% connected

To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Indoctrinate 76% connected

To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles…

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Induct 76% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Lecture 76% connected

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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Mentor 76% connected

A wise and faithful counselor or monitor.

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Reinforce 76% connected

See Reenforce, v. t.

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Reward 76% connected

To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Tutor 76% connected

One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.

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Unteach 76% connected

To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught.

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Enjoin 76% connected

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Order 76% connected

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

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Derivationally related 6

Instructor 74% connected

One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.

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Instructor 74% connected

One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.

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Teachable 74% connected

Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

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Teachable 74% connected

Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile.

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Teacher 74% connected

One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.

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Teacher 74% connected

One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor.

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Causes 2

Acquire 72% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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Learn 72% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Synonym 4

Apprise 92% connected

To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of…

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Apprize 92% connected

To appraise; to value; to appreciate.

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Learn 92% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Teach 92% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

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