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A tassel.

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 84% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Manner of action 28

Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Address 76% connected

To aim; to direct.

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Assoil 76% connected

To set free; to release.

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Badge 76% connected

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Calibrate 76% connected

To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards o…

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Code 76% 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…

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Convict 76% connected

Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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Denounce 76% connected

To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil).

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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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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Disqualify 76% connected

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state,…

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Exculpate 76% connected

To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

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Exonerate 76% connected

To unload; to disburden; to discharge.

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Favorite 76% connected

A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and e…

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Favourite 76% connected

something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Intonate 76% connected

To thunder.

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Intone 76% connected

To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Qualify 76% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Stigmatize 76% connected

To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.

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Tout 76% connected

To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

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Broader term 18

Adjudge 76% connected

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Denominate 76% connected

To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

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Description 76% connected

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Differentiate 76% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

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Distinguish 76% connected

Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

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Hold 76% connected

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

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Marker 76% connected

One who or that which marks.

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

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Marque 76% connected

A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.

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Secern 76% connected

To separate; to distinguish.

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Severalize 76% connected

To distinguish.

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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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Narrower term 4

Paster 76% connected

One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.

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Sticker 76% connected

One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Ticket 76% connected

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

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Derivationally related 4

Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tag 74% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tag 74% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Judge 92% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pronounce 92% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tag 92% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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