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Uplift

To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

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Arise 76% connected

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascension 76% connected

The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascent 76% connected

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bandeau 76% connected

A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excite 76% connected

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Rising 76% connected

of Rise

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stir 76% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Uprise 76% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Beatify 76% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exalt 76% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exhilarate 76% connected

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inebriate 76% connected

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Puff 76% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thrill 76% connected

A warbling; a trill.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Joy 72% connected

The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rejoice 72% connected

To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Elate 92% connected

Lifted up; raised; elevated.

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.

Intoxicate 92% connected

Intoxicated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upheaval 92% connected

The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upthrow 92% connected

To throw up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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