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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 translation of a bishop.

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Narrower term 13

Alteration 76% connected

The act of altering or making different.

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Caption 76% connected

A caviling; a sophism.

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Crib 76% connected

A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

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Displacement 76% connected

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

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Metamorphosis 76% connected

Change of form, or structure; transformation.

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Permutation 76% connected

The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.

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Pony 76% connected

A small horse.

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Retroversion 76% connected

A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

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Revision 76% connected

The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

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Shift 76% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Transmogrification 76% connected

The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation.

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Trot 76% connected

To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

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Motion 76% connected

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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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…

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Movement 76% connected

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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Paraphrase 76% connected

A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller e…

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Transformation 76% connected

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

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Transform 74% connected

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

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Transform 74% connected

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.

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Translate 74% connected

To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree.

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Translate 74% connected

To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree.

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Displacement 92% connected

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

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Rendering 92% connected

of Render

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Transformation 92% connected

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

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Version 92% connected

A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning.

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