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The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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Broader term 13

Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Communicator 76% connected

One who communicates.

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Document 76% connected

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Facility 76% connected

The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.

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Inspiration 76% connected

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

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Installation 76% connected

The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained mini…

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Maker 76% connected

One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator.

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Obtain 76% connected

To hold; to keep; to possess.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Publication 76% connected

The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulg…

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Shaper 76% connected

One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.

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Thing 76% connected

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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Betrayer 76% connected

One who, or that which, betrays.

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Birthplace 76% connected

The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense.

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Blabber 76% connected

A tattler; a telltale.

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Coiner 76% connected

One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money.

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Cradle 76% connected

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in t…

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Derivation 76% connected

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Headspring 76% connected

Fountain; source.

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Home 76% connected

See Homelyn.

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Informer 76% connected

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

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Muse 76% connected

A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

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Origin 76% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Rat 76% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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Squealer 76% connected

One who, or that which, squeals.

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Taproot 76% connected

The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

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Well 76% connected

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

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Wellhead 76% connected

A source, spring, or fountain.

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Wellspring 76% connected

A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.

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Develop 74% 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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Develop 74% 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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Germinal 74% connected

Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.

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Germinal 74% connected

Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.

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Author 92% connected

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

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Beginning 92% connected

of Begin

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Generator 92% connected

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

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Germ 92% connected

That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism app…

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Informant 92% connected

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

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Origin 92% connected

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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Reference 92% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Reservoir 92% connected

A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal,…

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Root 92% connected

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

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Seed 92% connected

of Seed

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Antonym 2

Sink 94% 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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Sink 94% 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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