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Signal

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.

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Impressive 84% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

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Impressive 84% connected

Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect th…

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Alarm 76% connected

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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Alarum 76% connected

See Alarm.

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Alert 76% connected

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Curfew 76% connected

The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by Willia…

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Drumbeat 76% connected

The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.

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Indicator 76% connected

One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

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Interrupt 76% connected

To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a t…

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Output 76% connected

The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills,…

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Recording 76% connected

of Record

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Retreat 76% connected

The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Symbol 76% connected

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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Ticktack 76% connected

A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.

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Whistle 76% connected

To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a s…

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Whistling 76% connected

of Whistle

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Manner of action 21

Augur 76% connected

An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenome…

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Auspicate 76% connected

Auspicious.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Betoken 76% connected

To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

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Bode 76% connected

To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.

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Flag 76% connected

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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Forecast 76% connected

To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

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Foreshadow 76% connected

To shadow or typi/y beforehand; to prefigure.

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Foretell 76% connected

To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow.

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Heliograph 76% connected

A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Omen 76% connected

An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a p…

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Portend 76% connected

To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.

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Predict 76% connected

To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

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Prefigure 76% connected

To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.

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Presage 76% connected

Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.

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Prognosticate 76% connected

To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

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Semaphore 76% connected

A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.

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Whistle 76% connected

To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a s…

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Wigwag 76% connected

To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Electricity 76% connected

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direc…

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Incitation 76% connected

The act of inciting or moving to action.

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Incitement 76% connected

The act of inciting.

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Provocation 76% connected

The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Sign 74% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Sign 74% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Signify 74% connected

To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to exp…

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Signify 74% connected

To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to exp…

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Synonym 8

Bespeak 92% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

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Betoken 92% connected

To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

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Indicate 92% connected

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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Point 92% connected

To appoint.

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Sign 92% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Signaling 92% connected

of Signal

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Signalize 92% connected

To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Signalling 92% connected

of Signal

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