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Undertake

To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.

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Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assure 76% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confront 76% connected

To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consent 76% connected

To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

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Face 76% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 12

Charter 76% connected

A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hire 76% connected

See Here, pron.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lease 76% connected

To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

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Qualify 76% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rent 76% connected

of Rend

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Specify 76% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stipulate 76% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Subvention 76% connected

The act of coming under.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Underwrite 76% connected

To write under something else; to subscribe.

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Guarantee 74% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Guarantee 74% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Attempt 92% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contract 92% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Guarantee 92% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tackle 92% connected

Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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