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Prepare

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.

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Verb group 16

Check 84% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Check 84% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Condition 84% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Condition 84% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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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…

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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…

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Discipline 84% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Discipline 84% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Educate 84% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Educate 84% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Make 84% connected

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

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Make 84% connected

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

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Broader term 15

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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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Educate 76% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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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.

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Instruct 76% connected

Arranged; furnished; provided.

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Learn 76% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Make 76% connected

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

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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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Pioneer 76% connected

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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Read 76% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Teach 76% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

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Manner of action 33

Apprentice 76% connected

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade…

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Arm 76% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Brace 76% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Concoct 76% connected

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

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Cram 76% connected

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…

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Crop 76% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Cultivate 76% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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Devil 76% connected

The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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Dispose 76% connected

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Drill 76% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Embattle 76% connected

To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.

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Escallop 76% connected

See Escalop.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Fortify 76% connected

To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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Gird 76% connected

A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Lard 76% connected

Bacon; the flesh of swine.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Poise 76% connected

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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Precondition 76% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Prime 76% connected

Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Qualify 76% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Rough 76% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Sandwich 76% connected

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

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Scallop 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Socialize 76% connected

To render social.

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Spatchcock 76% connected

See Spitchcock.

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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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Preparation 74% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preparation 74% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Preparative 74% connected

Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.

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Preparative 74% connected

Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.

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Synonym 12

Cook 92% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

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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

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Devise 92% connected

To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Educate 92% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fix 92% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Groom 92% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Machinate 92% connected

To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot.

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Make 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Organize 92% connected

To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…

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Ready 92% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Set 92% connected

of Set

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Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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