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Reset

To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

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Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Define 76% connected

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Specify 76% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

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Readjust 92% connected

To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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