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Qualify

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 knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.

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Verb group 2

Stipulate 84% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stipulate 84% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 14

Add 76% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Groom 76% 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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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prepare 76% connected

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suffice 76% connected

To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Undertake 76% connected

To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

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Manner of action 7

Capacitate 76% connected

To render capable; to enable; to qualify.

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Differentiate 76% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

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Distinguish 76% connected

Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

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Habilitate 76% connected

Qualified or entitled.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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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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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Calibre 74% connected

The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8…

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Calibre 74% connected

The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Character 74% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Character 74% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Lineament 74% connected

One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the p…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lineament 74% connected

One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the p…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Making 74% connected

of Make

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Making 74% connected

of Make

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Qualification 74% connected

The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Qualification 74% connected

The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Qualifier 74% connected

One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Qualifier 74% connected

One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

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Quality 74% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Quality 74% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reservation 74% connected

The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reservation 74% connected

The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.

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See also 2

Measure 66% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Measure 66% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Characterize 92% connected

To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Condition 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dispose 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Modify 92% 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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Specify 92% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stipulate 92% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Formal equivalent 1

Disagree 90% connected

To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

diplomatic disagreement 62% interchangeable less formal

Limit a claim by adding conditions.

Antonym 2

Disqualify 94% connected

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disqualify 94% connected

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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