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Wake

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

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Alarm 76% connected

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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Alert 76% connected

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Elicit 76% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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Enkindle 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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Event 76% connected

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Fire 76% connected

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

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Kindle 76% connected

To bring forth young.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Upshot 76% connected

Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

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Vary 76% connected

To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to var…

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Vigil 76% connected

Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being…

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Watch 76% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Wave 76% connected

See Waive.

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Manner of action 4

Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Ferment 76% connected

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Derivationally related 6

Waker 74% connected

One who wakes.

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Waker 74% connected

One who wakes.

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Waking 74% connected

of Wake

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Waking 74% connected

of Wake

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Entails 3

Kip 72% connected

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

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Sleep 72% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

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Slumber 72% connected

To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

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Synonym 11

Aftermath 92% connected

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Arouse 92% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Awake 92% connected

To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Awaken 92% connected

of Awake

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Backwash 92% connected

To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heat 92% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ignite 92% connected

To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inflame 92% connected

To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rouse 92% connected

To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Viewing 92% connected

of View

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Waken 92% connected

To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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