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Write

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.

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Manner of action 49

Adopt 76% connected

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place o…

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Annotate 76% connected

To explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of Bacon.

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Apostrophize 76% connected

To address by apostrophe.

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Author 76% connected

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.

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Capitalize 76% connected

To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Complete 76% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Copy 76% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Dot 76% connected

A marriage portion; dowry.

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Draft 76% connected

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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Dramatize 76% connected

To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Footnote 76% connected

A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.

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Harmonize 76% connected

To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Hyphen 76% connected

A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next…

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Impress 76% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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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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Jot 76% connected

An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.

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Letter 76% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

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Lyric 76% connected

Alt. of Lyrical

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Melodize 76% connected

To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.

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Outline 76% connected

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

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Paragraph 76% connected

Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /,…

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Poetize 76% connected

To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize.

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Print 76% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

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Profile 76% connected

An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.

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Reference 76% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Rewrite 76% connected

To write again.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Scrabble 76% connected

To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

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Scrawl 76% connected

See Crawl.

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Scribble 76% connected

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

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Script 76% connected

A writing; a written document.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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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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Spell 76% connected

A spelk, or splinter.

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Stenograph 76% connected

To write or report in stenographic characters.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Subscribe 76% connected

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Superscribe 76% connected

To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover…

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Type 76% connected

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.

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Typewrite 76% connected

To write with a typewriter.

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Verse 76% connected

A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

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Versify 76% connected

To make verses.

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Broader term 12

Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Correspond 76% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Delineate 76% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

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Describe 76% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Tape 76% connected

A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Authorship 74% connected

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

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Authorship 74% connected

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

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Writer 74% connected

One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

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Writer 74% connected

One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.

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Spell 72% connected

A spelk, or splinter.

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Synonym 5

Compose 92% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Indite 92% connected

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pen 92% connected

A feather.

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Save 92% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spell 92% connected

A spelk, or splinter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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