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To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Buy 76% connected

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Donate 76% connected

To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

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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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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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Purchase 76% connected

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

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Tender 76% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Manner of action 2

Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Rubricate 76% connected

Marked with red.

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Derivationally related 6

Ratifier 74% connected

One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.

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Ratifier 74% connected

One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.

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Reader 74% connected

One who reads.

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Reader 74% connected

One who reads.

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Entails 2

Approve 72% connected

To show to be real or true; to prove.

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Sanction 72% connected

Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…

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Synonym 4

Pledge 92% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Support 92% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Take 92% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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