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advise
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v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students";
"The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
[syn: rede, advise, counsel]
2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent
was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send
word, apprise, apprize]
3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator
proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose,
suggest, advise]
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apprise
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v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the
rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice,
send word, apprise, apprize]
2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the
tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize]
3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn:
appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant:
depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue]
4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the
Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise]
[ant: depreciate]
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arise
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v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new
religious movement originated in that country"; "a love
that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book
grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon
uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop,
uprise, spring up, grow]
2: originate or come into being; "a question arose" [syn:
arise, come up, bob up]
3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn:
arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie,
lie down, sit, sit down]
4: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this
discussion" [syn: arise, come up]
5: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up,
uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
6: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn:
rebel, arise, rise, rise up]
7: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out,
arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to
bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip
down, retire, sack out, turn in]
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chastise
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v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive
remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate,
chasten, correct]
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comprise
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v 1: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several
provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" [syn:
consist, comprise]
2: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea
is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old
songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain,
comprise]
3: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone
wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute
my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus";
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few
men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute,
represent, make up, comprise, be]
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demise
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n 1: the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his
plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: death, dying,
demise] [ant: birth]
v 1: transfer by a lease or by a will
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despise
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v 1: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has
to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't
catch on immediately" [syn: contemn, despise, scorn,
disdain]
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disguise
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n 1: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of
something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always
associated with catastrophe in his stories" [syn:
disguise, camouflage]
2: any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal
the wearer's identity
3: the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying
its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" [syn:
disguise, camouflage]
v 1: make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We
disguised our faces before robbing the bank" [syn:
disguise, mask]
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enterprise
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n 1: a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one
that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the
whole enterprise" [syn: enterprise, endeavor,
endeavour]
2: an organization created for business ventures; "a growing
enterprise must have a bold leader"
3: readiness to embark on bold new ventures [syn: enterprise,
enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead]
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eyes
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n 1: opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong
in her eyes"
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flies
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n 1: (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the
audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
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fries
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n 1: strips of potato fried in deep fat [syn: french fries,
french-fried potatoes, fries, chips]
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incise
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v 1: make an incision into by carving or cutting
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mesmerize
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v 1: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the
audience with her tricks" [syn: magnetize, mesmerize,
mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind]
2: induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise,
mesmerize, mesmerise]
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sunrise
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adj 1: of an industry or technology; new and developing; "high-
technology sunrise industries"
n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]
[ant: sundown, sunset]
2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of
the sun
3: the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
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surprise
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n 1: the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected
happens to you
2: a sudden unexpected event
3: the act of surprising someone [syn: surprise, surprisal]
v 1: cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
2: come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He
surprised an interesting scene"
3: attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: storm, surprise]
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unwise
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adj 1: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an
unwise investor is soon impoverished"
2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]
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baptize
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v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"
[syn: baptize, baptise, christen]
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apprize
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v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the
rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice,
send word, apprise, apprize]
2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the
tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize]
3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn:
appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant:
depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue]
4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the
Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise]
[ant: depreciate]
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uprise
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v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new
religious movement originated in that country"; "a love
that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book
grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon
uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop,
uprise, spring up, grow]
2: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the
church"
3: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight
to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand
up]
4: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn:
arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie,
lie down, sit, sit down]
5: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down,
go under, set]
6: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up,
uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
7: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to
uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]
8: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They
rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out,
arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to
bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip
down, retire, sack out, turn in]
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aphorize
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v 1: speak or write in aphorisms [syn: aphorize, aphorise]
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authorize
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v 1: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript
for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this
slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise,
pass, clear]
2: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her
assistant to sign the papers" [syn: empower, authorise,
authorize]
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barbarize
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v 1: become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
[syn: barbarize, barbarise]
2: make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in
prison have barbarized the young man" [syn: barbarize,
barbarise]
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bowdlerize
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v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise,
expurgate, castrate, shorten]
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burglarize
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v 1: commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling [syn:
burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist]
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cauterize
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v 1: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric
current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the
wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn]
2: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals [syn:
callous, cauterize, cauterise]
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cicatrize
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v 1: form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and
it will heal soon" [syn: cicatrize, cicatrise]
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colorize
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v 1: add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall
colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" [syn:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
colour, color in, colour in] [ant: discolor]
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etherize
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v 1: anesthetize with ether [syn: etherize, etherise]
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glamorize
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v 1: interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this
uninteresting and hard work!" [syn: romanticize,
romanticise, glamorize, glamourise]
2: make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really
glamorizes the living room!" [syn: glamorize, glamourise,
glamourize, glamorise]
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martyrize
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v 1: torture and torment like a martyr [syn: martyr,
martyrize, martyrise]
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memorize
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v 1: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise,
con, learn]
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mercerize
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v 1: treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize
cotton" [syn: mercerize, mercerise]
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moisturize
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v 1: make (more) humid; "We have a machine that humidifies the
air in the house" [syn: humidify, moisturize,
moisturise] [ant: dehumidify]
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motorize
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v 1: equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not
motorized and patrol the streets on horseback"
2: equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage"
3: equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize
armies" [syn: mechanize, mechanise, motorize,
motorise]
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notarize
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v 1: authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature
notarized" [syn: notarize, notarise]
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pasteurize
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v 1: heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms;
"pasteurize milk" [syn: pasteurize, pasteurise]
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pauperize
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v 1: reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperize, pauperise]
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plagiarize
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v 1: take without referencing from someone else's writing or
speech; of intellectual property [syn: plagiarize,
plagiarise, lift]
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polarize
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v 1: cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; "polarize light
waves" [syn: polarize, polarise]
2: cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting
positions [syn: polarize, polarise]
3: become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation [syn:
polarize, polarise]
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pressurize
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v 1: increase the pressure on a gas or liquid [syn:
supercharge, pressurize, pressurise]
2: maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is
pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit" [syn: pressurize,
pressurise]
3: increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize
the cabin for the passengers' comfort" [syn: pressurize,
pressurise] [ant: decompress, depressurise,
depressurize]
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pulverize
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v 1: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust;
"pulverize the grains" [syn: powderize, powderise,
powder, pulverize, pulverise]
2: destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the
building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion
before it gets out of hand" [syn: demolish, pulverize,
pulverise]
3: become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building
powderized" [syn: powderize, pulverize, pulverise,
powderise]
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rubberize
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v 1: coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain
coats" [syn: rubberize, rubberise, rubber]
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satirize
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v 1: ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the
politician's proposal" [syn: satirize, satirise,
lampoon]
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slenderize
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v 1: make slender or appear to be slender; "slenderizing skirts"
[syn: slenderize, slenderise]
2: take off weight [syn: reduce, melt off, lose weight,
slim, slenderize, thin, slim down] [ant: gain, put
on]
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solarize
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v 1: reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and
introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it
briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it [syn:
solarize, solarise]
2: become overexposed; "The film solarized" [syn: solarize,
solarise]
3: overexpose to sunlight; "be careful not to solarize the
photographic film" [syn: solarize, solarise]
4: expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the
sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These
herbs suffer when sunned" [syn: sun, insolate,
solarize, solarise]
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summarize
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v 1: give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will
now summarize" [syn: sum up, summarize, summarise,
resume]
2: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in
the paper" [syn: summarize, summarise, sum, sum up]
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symmetrize
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v 1: make symmetric; "symmetrized waves" [syn: symmetrize,
symmetrise]
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temporize
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v 1: draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time;
"The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote" [syn:
temporize, temporise]
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tenderize
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v 1: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or
applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat" [syn: tender,
tenderize, tenderise]
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terrorize
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v 1: coerce by violence or with threats [syn: terrorize,
terrorise]
2: fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: terrify,
terrorize, terrorise]
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theorize
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v 1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
[syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture,
hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
2: construct a theory about; "Galileo theorized the motion of
the stars"
3: form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"
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vaporize
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v 1: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric
current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space
travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: zap,
vaporize]
2: turn into gas; "The substance gasified" [syn: gasify,
vaporize, vaporise, aerify]
3: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more
concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate,
vaporize, vaporise]
4: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las
Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish,
fly, vaporize]
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vulgarize
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v 1: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the
general public; bring into general or common use; "They
popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory
was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize,
popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize,
generalise]
2: debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and
Marriage" [syn: vulgarise, vulgarize]
3: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
[syn: vulgarize, vulgarise]
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winterize
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v 1: prepare for winter; "winterize cars"; "winterize your
houses" [syn: winterize, winterise] [ant: summerise,
summerize]
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allegorize
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v 1: interpret as an allegory [syn: allegorize, allegorise]
2: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"
[syn: allegorize, allegorise]
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categorize
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v 1: place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early
on to categorize" [syn: categorize, categorise]
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catheterize
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v 1: insert a catheter into (a body part); "catheterize the
patient's bladder" [syn: catheterize, catheterise]
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characterize
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v 1: describe or portray the character or the qualities or
peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as
that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a
lament for a dead lover" [syn: qualify, characterize,
characterise]
2: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian
painting?" [syn: characterize, characterise]
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circularize
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v 1: canvass by distributing letters [syn: circularize,
circularise]
2: canvass by using a questionnaire
3: distribute circulars to [syn: circularize, circularise]
4: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate,
circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse,
pass around]
5: make circular
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computerize
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v 1: provide with computers; "Our office is fully computerized
now" [syn: computerize, computerise]
2: store in a computer; "computerized dictionary" [syn:
computerize, computerise]
3: control a function, process, or creation by a computer; "They
computerized the car industry"; "we live in a cybernated
age"; "cybernate a factory" [syn: cybernate, computerize,
computerise]
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containerize
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v 1: package in a container; "The cargo was containerized for
safe and efficient shipping" [syn: containerize,
containerise]
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contemporize
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v 1: happen at the same time [syn: synchronize, synchronise,
contemporize, contemporise]
2: arrange or represent events so that they co-occur;
"synchronize biblical events" [syn: synchronize,
synchronise, contemporize, contemporise]
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deodorize
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v 1: eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your
armpits" [syn: deodorize, deodorise, deodourise]
[ant: odorize, odourise, scent]
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depolarize
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v 1: eliminate the polarization of [syn: depolarize,
depolarise]
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depressurize
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v 1: decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the
air plane" [syn: depressurize, depressurise,
decompress] [ant: pressurise, pressurize]
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extemporize
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v 1: manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand;
"after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to
improvise for weeks" [syn: improvise, extemporize]
2: perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the
wedding" [syn: improvise, improvize, ad-lib,
extemporize, extemporise]
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familiarize
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v 1: make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint
yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized
ourselves with the new surroundings" [syn: familiarize,
familiarise, acquaint]
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formularize
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v 1: express as a formula [syn: formularize, formularise]
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isomerize
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v 1: cause to change into an isomer [syn: isomerize,
isomerise]
2: change into an isomer [syn: isomerize, isomerise]
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linearize
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v 1: make linear or get into a linear form; "a catalyst
linearizes polyethylene" [syn: linearize, linearise]
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militarize
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v 1: lend a military character to (a country), as by building up
a military force; "militarize Germany again after the war"
[syn: militarize, militarise] [ant: demilitarise,
demilitarize]
2: adopt for military use; "militarize the Civil Service" [syn:
militarize, militarise]
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miniaturize
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v 1: design or construct on a smaller scale [syn: miniaturize,
miniaturise]
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polymerize
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v 1: cause (a compound) to polymerize [syn: polymerize,
polymerise]
2: undergo polymerization [syn: polymerize, polymerise]
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popularize
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v 1: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the
general public; bring into general or common use; "They
popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory
was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize,
popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize,
generalise]
2: make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan
popularized cosmology in his books" [syn: popularize,
popularise]
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singularize
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v 1: distinguish as singular [syn: singularize, singularise]
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copolymerize
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v 1: polymerize together; "the two substances copolymerized"
[syn: copolymerize, copolymerise]
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demilitarize
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v 1: do away with the military organization and potential of
[syn: demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: militarise,
militarize]
2: remove offensive capability from [syn: disarm,
demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: arm, build up,
fortify, gird]
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exteriorize
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v 1: bring outside the body for surgery, of organs [syn:
exteriorize, bring outside]
2: make external or objective, or give reality to; "language
externalizes our thoughts" [syn: exteriorize,
exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify]
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ayes
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cries
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implies
0
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moonrise
0
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spies
0
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ais
0
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accessorize
0
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highrise
0
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misprize
0
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curarize
0
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diarize
0
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sulphurize
0
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texturize
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valorize
0
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velarize
0
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epimerize
0
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geometrize
0
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panegyrize
0
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revalorize
0
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depolymerize
0