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Solicit

To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

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Verb group 4

Hook 84% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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Hook 84% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Snare 84% connected

A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Snare 84% connected

A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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Broader term 17

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bespeak 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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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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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Buttonhole 76% connected

The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chase 76% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

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Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Lobby 76% connected

A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby comm…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Beggary 74% connected

The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Beggary 74% connected

The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suit 74% connected

The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suit 74% connected

The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wooer 74% connected

One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wooer 74% connected

One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

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Synonym 7

Accost 92% connected

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

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Beg 92% connected

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Court 92% connected

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hook 92% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Romance 92% connected

A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tap 92% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Woo 92% connected

To solicit in love; to court.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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