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Propose

To set forth.

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Manner of action 14

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Advocate 76% connected

One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

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Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nominate 76% connected

To mention by name; to name.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Posit 76% connected

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Recommend 76% connected

To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a fav…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Submit 76% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Urge 76% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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Broader term 9

Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Intend 76% connected

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

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Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Select 76% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Design 74% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Mover 74% connected

A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.

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Mover 74% connected

A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.

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Proposition 74% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Proposition 74% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Purpose 74% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Purpose 74% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Advise 92% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aim 92% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nominate 92% connected

To mention by name; to name.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Offer 92% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Project 92% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Purport 92% connected

Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Purpose 92% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suggest 92% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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