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Prosecute

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Bring 76% connected

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Institute 76% connected

Established; organized; founded.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Manner of action 3

Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commit 76% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Engagement 74% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Engagement 74% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Engage 92% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pursue 92% connected

To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Defend 94% connected

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Defend 94% connected

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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