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Intentness

The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

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Assiduity 76% connected

Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.

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Concentration 76% connected

The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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Engage 74% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Engage 74% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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Immerse 74% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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Immerse 74% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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Engrossment 92% connected

The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

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Alertness noun · 78% connection

the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is e…

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Anagoge noun · 78% connection

The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

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Application noun · 78% connection

The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application…

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Assiduous adjective · 78% connection

Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting.

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Attendance verb · 78% connection

Attention; regard; careful application.

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Attentive adjective · 78% connection

Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

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Cauterization noun · 78% connection

The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intent, close, application, attention.
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Close noun · 78% connection

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Close-fights n. pl. · 78% connection

Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -…

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Conceptualism noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the ap…

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Connivent adjective · 78% connection

Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, win…

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Contemplation noun · 78% connection

The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: intent, close, application, attention.
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Dear superl. · 78% connection

Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.

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Distract verb · 78% connection

To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the atte…

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Earnest adjective · 78% connection

Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.

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Fast-handed adjective · 78% connection

Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

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Furl verb · 78% connection

To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or arou…

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Gallantry noun · 78% connection

Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom o…

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