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Repossess

To possess again; as, to repossess the land.

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Acquire 76% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Distrain 76% connected

To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

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Foreclose 76% connected

To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

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Reclaim 92% connected

To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acalephae n. pl. · 78% connection

A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Someti…

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Affected p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

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Alien noun · 78% connection

A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess…

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

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Ashore adverb · 78% connection

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

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Assume verb · 78% connection

To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.

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Backare interj. · 78% connection

Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of…

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Bankrupt adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).

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Bear verb · 78% connection

To possess and use, as power; to exercise.

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Boast verb · 78% connection

To possess or have; as, to boast a name.

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Chlorophyta noun · 78% connection

large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls…

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Chromatophore noun · 78% connection

A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the…

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Cleistogamous adjective · 78% connection

Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of pl…

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Communicate verb · 78% connection

To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…

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Count verb · 78% connection

To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or int…

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Covetous verb · 78% connection

Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

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Deed of conveyance noun · 78% connection

a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…

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