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Rehearse

To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

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Execute 76% connected

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Scrimmage 76% connected

Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drill 74% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drill 74% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Practice 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Practise 92% connected

See Practice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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, a , or an . PCP. It is unknown · 78% connection

Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: repeat, been, already, said, tell.
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Aforesaid adjective · 78% connection

Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: repeat, been, already, said, tell.
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Appoint verb · 78% connection

To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: repeat, been, already, said, tell.
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Cantillate verb · 78% connection

To chant; to recite with musical tones.

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Dagger noun · 78% connection

a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: repeat, been, already, said, tell.
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Dictate verb · 78% connection

To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.

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Divulge verb · 78% connection

To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- sai…

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Enumerate verb · 78% connection

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name ov…

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Erasure noun · 78% connection

a surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure"

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Estoppel noun · 78% connection

a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled

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Forego verb · 78% connection

To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within…

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Hash noun · 78% connection

That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mi…

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Lap noun · 78% connection

To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over…

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Narrate verb · 78% connection

To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; t…

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Obelisk noun · 78% connection

a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used

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Over adverb · 78% connection

In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leave…

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Oversay verb · 78% connection

To say over; to repeat.

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Oversow verb · 78% connection

To sow where something has already been sown.

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