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Antedate
verb · 78% connection
To anticipate; to make before the true time.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Anticipate
verb · 78% connection
To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Apprehend
verb · 78% connection
To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Arise
verb · 78% connection
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 as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Astern
adverb · 78% connection
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Bar
noun · 78% connection
To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
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: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Compound
verb · 78% connection
To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Deter
verb · 78% connection
To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
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: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Draw
verb · 78% connection
To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Expect
verb · 78% connection
To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Forbid
verb · 78% connection
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Forefend
verb · 78% connection
To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Forestall
verb · 78% connection
To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Foretaste
verb · 78% connection
To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Heel
noun · 78% connection
The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
Help
verb · 78% connection
To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it?
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: come, before, anticipate, hence, hinder.
