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Invest

To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

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Manner of action 13

Consecrate 76% connected

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coronate 76% connected

Alt. of Coronated

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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.

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Crown 76% connected

of Crow

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Enthrone 76% connected

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

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Fund 76% connected

An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Ordain 76% connected

To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

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Order 76% connected

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

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Ordinate 76% connected

Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

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Shelter 76% connected

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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Speculate 76% connected

To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Throne 76% connected

A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Enable 76% connected

To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.

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Equip 76% connected

To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide wi…

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Expend 76% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Install 76% connected

To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.

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Outfit 76% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Spend 76% connected

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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Commitment 74% connected

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Commitment 74% connected

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

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Enthronement 74% connected

The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned.

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Enthronement 74% connected

The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned.

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Synonym 14

Adorn 92% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clothe 92% connected

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Commit 92% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Empower 92% connected

To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Endow 92% connected

To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to f…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Endue 92% connected

To invest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enthrone 92% connected

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gift 92% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Induct 92% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Indue 92% connected

To put on, as clothes; to draw on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Place 92% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Put 92% connected

A pit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seat 92% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vest 92% connected

An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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