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To advise or counsel.

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Manner of action 21

Admonish 76% connected

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.

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Annotate 76% connected

To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

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Comment 76% connected

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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Commentate 76% connected

To write comments or notes upon; to make comments.

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Consult 76% connected

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

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Contraindicate 76% connected

To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.

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Deter 76% connected

To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.

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Discourage 76% connected

To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…

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Dissuade 76% connected

To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).

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Exhort 76% connected

To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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Gloss 76% connected

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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Misadvise 76% connected

To give bad counsel to.

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Misguide 76% connected

To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.

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Misinterpret 76% connected

To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.

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Monish 76% connected

To admonish; to warn. See Admonish.

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Moralize 76% connected

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Propound 76% connected

To offer for consideration; to exhibit; to propose; as, to propound a question; to propound an argument.

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Urge 76% connected

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

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Warn 76% connected

To refuse.

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Discuss 76% connected

To break to pieces; to shatter.

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Explain 76% connected

To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.

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Explicate 76% connected

Evolved; unfolded.

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Advisable 74% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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Advisable 74% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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Adviser 74% connected

One who advises.

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Adviser 74% connected

One who advises.

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Advisory 74% connected

Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.

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Advisory 74% connected

Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.

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Deliberation 74% connected

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

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Deliberation 74% connected

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

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Interpretation 74% connected

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…

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Interpretation 74% connected

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…

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Interpretative 74% connected

Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.

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Interpretative 74% connected

Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory.

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Rendition 74% connected

The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

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Rendition 74% connected

The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

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Synonym 3

Advise 92% connected

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

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Counsel 92% connected

Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interpret 92% connected

To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…

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