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Recur

To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Employ 76% connected

To inclose; to infold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hap 76% connected

To clothe; to wrap.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Happen 76% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Occur 76% connected

To meet; to clash.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recall 76% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utilize 76% connected

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Cycle 76% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Iterate 76% connected

Uttered or done again; repeated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recurrent 74% connected

Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recurrent 74% connected

Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refuge 74% connected

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refuge 74% connected

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resort 74% connected

Active power or movement; spring.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resort 74% connected

Active power or movement; spring.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Repeat 92% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resort 92% connected

Active power or movement; spring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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