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Objectify

To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to render objective.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Object 74% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Object 74% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Externalize 92% connected

To make external; to manifest by outward form.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accusative adjective · 78% connection

Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…

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Act verb · 78% connection

To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.

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Character noun · 78% connection

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cause, object, assume, character, render.
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Crystallize verb · 78% connection

To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.

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Dative adjective · 78% connection

Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.

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Emblem noun · 78% connection

A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural ap…

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Govern verb · 78% connection

To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case);…

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Heart noun · 78% connection

The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the…

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Hieroglyphic adjective · 78% connection

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…

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Image noun · 78% connection

The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object sy…

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Impersonate verb · 78% connection

To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.

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March verb · 78% connection

TO cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause…

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Materialize verb · 78% connection

To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought.

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Me pers. pron. · 78% connection

The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective and dative case of the pronoum…

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Mimic verb · 78% connection

To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection o…

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Nonsubjective adjective · 78% connection

undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"

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Obectize verb · 78% connection

To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.

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Objective noun · 78% connection

Same as Objective point, under Objective, a.

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