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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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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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To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an a…

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To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an a…

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To cause to turn; to turn.

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To cause to turn; to turn.

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The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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The act of altering or making different.

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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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of Cleave

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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

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The Manx shearwater.

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

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A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by…

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To go; to walk.

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Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day.

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To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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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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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

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A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

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One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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A small, flexible twig or rod.

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The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the transla…

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The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

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To write with a typewriter.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size.

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A making better; amendment; improvement.

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The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

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The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

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Gone.

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The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.

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To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.

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The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.

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A spelk, or splinter.

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of Strengthen

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The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.

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A tower.

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Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

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An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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of Weaken

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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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of Cut

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To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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A basket.

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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

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To shun; to move from.

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The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.

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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

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To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.

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To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…

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To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another.

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To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.

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To move off; to stir; to walk away.

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To move off; to stir; to walk away.

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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

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The act of repositing; a laying up.

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The act of repositing; a laying up.

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Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.

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Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.

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To strike; -- with off.

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To strike; -- with off.

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A small, flexible twig or rod.

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A small, flexible twig or rod.

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of Switch

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of Switch

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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One who makes a transfer or conveyance.

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One who makes a transfer or conveyance.

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The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

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The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

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See Wabble.

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of Keelman

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A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.

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A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To move off; to stir; to walk away.

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To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line;…

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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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A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

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To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislo…

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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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Defect; want; lack; default.

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of Fault

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The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

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To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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The act of repositing; a laying up.

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A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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of Shift

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A chemise.

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To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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A small, flexible twig or rod.

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of Switch

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A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

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To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

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The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.

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See Wabble.

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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…

Shift overlaps with change, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.