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

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Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

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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…

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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate,…

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.

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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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To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodi…

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Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

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To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.

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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers o…

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To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

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To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.

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To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.

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To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive.

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To deprive of life or vitality.

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To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

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Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

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To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the appr…

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To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

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To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.

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To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

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To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

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To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

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Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

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To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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See 2d Milt.

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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

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To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

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To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

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Same as Pawl.

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To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.

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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

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To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

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To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

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To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.

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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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2d pers. sing. of Will.

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One who, or that which, weakens.

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One who, or that which, weakens.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…

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An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

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Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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To make soft or more soft.

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To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

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To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to u…

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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

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To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.

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To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.

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