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Operate

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Verb group 8

Control 84% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 84% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Master 84% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Master 84% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Manner of action 30

Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Dial 76% connected

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…

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Double 76% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Financier 76% connected

One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Flip 76% connected

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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Fly 76% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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Gate 76% connected

A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber,…

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Jockey 76% connected

A professional rider of horses in races.

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Pedal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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Pilot 76% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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Relay 76% connected

To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Service 76% connected

Alt. of Service

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Sterilize 76% connected

To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.

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Submarine 76% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Switch 76% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Synchronize 76% connected

To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Treadle 76% connected

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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Trephine 76% connected

An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a lit…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Unsex 76% connected

To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Broader term 8

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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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Execute 76% connected

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Manipulate 76% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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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…

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Derivationally related 10

Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Operant 74% connected

Operative.

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Operant 74% connected

Operative.

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Operation 74% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Operation 74% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Operative 74% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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Operative 74% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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Operator 74% connected

One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

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Operator 74% connected

One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.

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Synonym 10

Control 92% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Engage 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Function 92% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Go 92% connected

Gone.

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Lock 92% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Maneuver 92% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 92% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Mesh 92% connected

The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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Run 92% connected

of Run

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Work 92% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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