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Originate

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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Verb group 2

Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 11

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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Come 76% connected

of Come

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emerge 76% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Establish 76% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Found 76% connected

of Find

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swell 76% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 5

Become 76% connected

of Become

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Begin 76% connected

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 14

First 74% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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First 74% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inception 74% connected

Beginning; commencement; initiation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inception 74% connected

Beginning; commencement; initiation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Induction 74% connected

The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Induction 74% connected

The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Initiatory 74% connected

Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Initiatory 74% connected

Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Institution 74% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Institution 74% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Origin 74% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Origin 74% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Origination 74% connected

The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Origination 74% connected

The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Arise 92% connected

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Develop 92% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Grow 92% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Initiate 92% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rise 92% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Start 92% connected

To leap; to jump.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uprise 92% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Begin 82% connected

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

general 58% interchangeable

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