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A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

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Activate 76% connected

To make active.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Actuate 76% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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Causation 76% connected

The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

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Causing 76% connected

of Cause

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Lever 76% connected

More agreeable; more pleasing.

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Pioneer 76% connected

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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Spark 76% connected

A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

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Trip 76% connected

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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Narrower term 2

Fomentation 76% connected

The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing…

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Instigation 76% connected

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

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Derivationally related 4

have 74% connected

of Have

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have 74% connected

of Have

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Induct 74% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Induct 74% connected

To bring in; to introduce; to usher in.

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Entails 2

Discharge 72% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Fire 72% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Causes 4

Hap 72% connected

To clothe; to wrap.

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Happen 72% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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Occur 72% connected

To meet; to clash.

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Pass 72% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Containing whole 1

Gun 70% connected

of Gin

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See also 2

Set 66% connected

of Set

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Set 66% connected

of Set

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Synonym 6

Activate 92% connected

To make active.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Actuate 92% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Induction 92% connected

The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Initiation 92% connected

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spark 92% connected

A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Trip 92% connected

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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