Rationalize: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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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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To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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

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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

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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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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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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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

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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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See Color.

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To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

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Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or…

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Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised.

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of Plead

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The act or process of rationalizing.

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The act or process of rationalizing.

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The act or operation of systematizing.

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The act or operation of systematizing.

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To make an apology or defense.

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of Cut

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To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune…

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