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Settle

A seat of any kind.

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Verb group 4

Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Fall 84% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sink 84% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sink 84% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 36

Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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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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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Become 76% connected

of Become

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Bench 76% connected

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Come 76% connected

of Come

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Conclude 76% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Concur 76% connected

To run together; to meet.

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Consent 76% connected

To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

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Contend 76% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Descend 76% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

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Develop 76% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Fight 76% connected

To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Halt 76% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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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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Organize 76% connected

To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Sink 76% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Struggle 76% connected

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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Terminate 76% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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Manner of action 23

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…

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Appease 76% connected

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or o…

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clinch 76% connected

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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Colonize 76% connected

To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.

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Compensate 76% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

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Compromise 76% connected

A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.

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Concert 76% connected

To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

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Founder 76% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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Homestead 76% connected

The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Liquidate 76% connected

To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to deter…

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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Propitiate 76% connected

To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate.

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Prorate 76% connected

To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.

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Resettle 76% connected

To settle again.

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Roost 76% connected

Roast.

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Sediment 76% connected

The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

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Solve 76% connected

To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a…

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Square 76% connected

The corner, or angle, of a figure.

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Submerge 76% connected

To put under water; to plunge.

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Submerse 76% connected

Submersed.

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Subside 76% connected

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

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Derivationally related 18

Closure 74% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Closure 74% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Colonist 74% connected

A member or inhabitant of a colony.

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Colonist 74% connected

A member or inhabitant of a colony.

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Conclusion 74% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Conclusion 74% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Decisive 74% connected

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

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Decisive 74% connected

Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

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Determiner 74% connected

One who, or that which, determines or decides.

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Determiner 74% connected

One who, or that which, determines or decides.

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Location 74% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Location 74% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Settee 74% connected

A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

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Settee 74% connected

A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

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Settlement 74% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

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Settlement 74% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

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Migrate 72% connected

To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated…

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Move 72% 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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Transmigrate 72% connected

To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.

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Travel 66% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Travel 66% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Synonym 14

Adjudicate 92% connected

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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Conciliate 92% connected

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

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Decide 92% connected

To cut off; to separate.

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Descend 92% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Determine 92% connected

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

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Ensconce 92% connected

To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.

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Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Locate 92% connected

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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Reconcile 92% connected

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to r…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resolve 92% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Root 92% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Settee 92% connected

A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sink 92% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subside 92% connected

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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