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Ad-
unknown · 78% connection
As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Advance
adjective · 78% connection
Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Antelucan
adjective · 78% connection
Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Anticipate
verb · 78% connection
To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Attach
verb · 78% connection
To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Base
adjective · 78% connection
Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Beneficiary
adjective · 78% connection
Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Colonialism
noun · 78% connection
exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger coun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Confine
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Consign
verb · 78% connection
To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Constrain
verb · 78% connection
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Country
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Dis-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Dispossession
noun · 78% connection
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Disseize
verb · 78% connection
To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Distrain
verb · 78% connection
To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
Enjoyment
noun · 78% connection
The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: take, possession, before, country, held.
