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To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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Excavate 84% connected

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Excavate 84% connected

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 9

Acquire 76% 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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Colonize 76% connected

To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Localize 76% connected

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

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Map 76% connected

A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nail 76% connected

the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

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Place 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Resettle 76% connected

To settle again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unearth 76% connected

To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 10

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Ascertain 76% connected

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Place 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Post 76% connected

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.

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Regain 76% connected

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

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Send 76% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Station 76% connected

The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 12

Colonist 74% connected

A member or inhabitant of a colony.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Colonist 74% connected

A member or inhabitant of a colony.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fix 74% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fix 74% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Location 74% connected

The act or process of locating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Location 74% connected

The act or process of locating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Settlement 74% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Settlement 74% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Situation 74% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Situation 74% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 1

Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

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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Settle 92% connected

A seat of any kind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Site 92% connected

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Situate 92% connected

Alt. of Situated

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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