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Serve

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship.

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Verb group 12

Assist 84% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Assist 84% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Attend 84% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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Attend 84% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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Dish 84% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Dish 84% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Function 84% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Function 84% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Help 84% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Help 84% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Narrower term 3

Ace 76% connected

A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.

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Fault 76% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Let 76% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

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Manner of action 22

Ace 76% connected

A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Admit 76% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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Caddie 76% connected

A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.

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Caddy 76% connected

A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

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Facilitate 76% connected

To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.

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Fag 76% connected

A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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Function 76% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Officiate 76% connected

To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service.

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Plank 76% connected

A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

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Prelude 76% connected

An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strai…

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Qualify 76% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Rinse 76% connected

To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.

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Rotate 76% connected

Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flatt…

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Sit 76% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Staff 76% connected

A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff…

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Subpoena 76% connected

A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equ…

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Valet 76% connected

A male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.

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Wash 76% connected

To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…

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Aid 76% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Cater 76% connected

A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

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Copulate 76% connected

Joined; associated; coupled.

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Couple 76% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Effectuate 76% connected

To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.

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Foster 76% connected

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

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Fulfil 76% connected

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Fulfill 76% connected

To fill up; to make full or complete.

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Function 76% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Mate 76% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Nurture 76% connected

The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.

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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Pair 76% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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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…

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Ply 76% connected

To bend.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Satisfy 76% connected

In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full,…

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Spend 76% connected

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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Suffice 76% connected

To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Adequacy 74% connected

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…

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Adequacy 74% connected

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…

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Assist 74% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Assist 74% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Dish 74% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Dish 74% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Function 74% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Function 74% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Servant 74% connected

One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is su…

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Servant 74% connected

One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is su…

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Server 74% connected

One who serves.

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Server 74% connected

One who serves.

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Service 74% connected

Alt. of Service

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Service 74% connected

Alt. of Service

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Sufficiency 74% connected

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

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Sufficiency 74% connected

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

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Sufficient 74% connected

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the cou…

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Sufficient 74% connected

Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the cou…

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Summons 74% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

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Summons 74% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

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Answer 92% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assist 92% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Attend 92% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dish 92% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Function 92% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Help 92% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Process 92% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Service 92% connected

Alt. of Service

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Suffice 92% connected

To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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