Words that rhyme with devaluate
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abate
v 1: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away] -
accentuate
v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate] -
actuate
v 1: put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off] 2: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite] -
ate
n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment -
attenuate
adj 1: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" [syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened] v 1: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn: rarefy, attenuate] 2: become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude -
await
v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait] -
backdate
v 1: make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January" -
bait
n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait 3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon -
bate
v 1: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" 2: flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons 3: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins" -
berate
v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast] -
collate
v 1: compare critically; of texts 2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers" -
conflate
v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge] -
conjugate
adj 1: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: conjugate, conjugated, coupled] 2: (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets 3: formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" [syn: conjugate, conjugated] 4: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: conjugate, conjugated] n 1: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A [syn: conjugate solution, conjugate] v 1: unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds 2: add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" 3: undergo conjugation -
crate
n 1: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping 2: the quantity contained in a crate [syn: crate, crateful] v 1: put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" [ant: uncrate] -
create
v 1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" 3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" 4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" 5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create] -
date
n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month] 2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort] 3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement] 4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date] 5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" 6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" 7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" 2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp] 3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" 4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" -
debate
n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation, debate] 2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" 2: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate] 4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence] -
dictate
n 1: an authoritative rule 2: a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason" v 1: issue commands or orders for [syn: order, prescribe, dictate] 2: say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary" 3: rule as a dictator -
disambiguate
v 1: state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from; "Can you disambiguate this statement?" -
effectuate
v 1: produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" [syn: effect, effectuate, set up] -
eight
adj 1: being one more than seven [syn: eight, 8, viii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet] 2: a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life [syn: Ashcan School, Eight] 3: one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face [syn: eight-spot, eight] -
elate
v 1: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits" [syn: elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate] [ant: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down] -
equate
v 1: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" [syn: compare, liken, equate] 2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: equate, correspond] 3: make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" [syn: equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate] -
evacuate
v 1: move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated" 2: empty completely; "evacuate the bottle" 3: move people from their homes or country 4: create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) 5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: evacuate, void, empty] -
evaluate
v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value] 2: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: evaluate, pass judgment, judge] -
extenuate
v 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: extenuate, palliate, mitigate] -
fluctuate
v 1: cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern 2: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: fluctuate, vacillate, waver] 3: be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates" -
graduate
adj 1: of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses" [syn: graduate(a), postgraduate] n 1: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad] 2: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts v 1: receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990" 2: confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year" 3: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" [syn: calibrate, graduate, fine-tune] -
habituate
v 1: take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely" [syn: use, habituate] 2: make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" [syn: habituate, accustom] -
individuate
v 1: give individual character to 2: give individual shape or form to; "Language that individuates his memories" -
infatuate
v 1: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" -
insinuate
v 1: introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table" 2: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate] -
lightweight
adj 1: weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use; "a lightweight fabric"; "lightweight wood" 2: having no importance or influence; "a lightweight intellect" n 1: a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds 2: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous [syn: whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight] 3: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds 4: a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds -
mate
n 1: the officer below the master on a commercial ship [syn: mate, first mate] 2: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates" [syn: teammate, mate] 3: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates" 4: a person's partner in marriage [syn: spouse, partner, married person, mate, better half] 5: an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" [syn: match, mate] 6: one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" [syn: mate, fellow] 7: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea [syn: mate, Paraguay tea, Ilex paraguariensis] 8: informal term for a friend of the same sex 9: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate 10: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate] v 1: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: copulate, mate, pair, couple] 2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: match, mate, couple, pair, twin] 3: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" [syn: checkmate, mate] -
menstruate
v 1: undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11" [syn: menstruate, flow] -
misstate
v 1: state something incorrectly; "You misstated my position" -
ornate
adj 1: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery, ornate] -
overweight
adj 1: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: fleshy, heavy, overweight] n 1: the property of excessive fatness [syn: corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposis] -
perpetuate
v 1: cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth" -
plate
n 1: (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" [syn: home plate, home base, home, plate] 2: a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic 3: a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) 4: dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten 5: the quantity contained in a plate [syn: plate, plateful] 6: a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly [syn: plate, crustal plate] 7: the thin under portion of the forequarter 8: a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special" 9: any flat platelike body structure or part 10: the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube 11: a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded [syn: plate, photographic plate] 12: structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage 13: a shallow receptacle for collection in church [syn: plate, collection plate] 14: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell] 15: a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth [syn: denture, dental plate, plate] v 1: coat with a layer of metal; "plate spoons with silver" -
punctuate
v 1: insert punctuation marks into [syn: punctuate, mark] 2: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 3: interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone" -
relate
v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with] 3: give an account of; "The witness related the events" 4: be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" [syn: relate, interrelate] 5: have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers" -
restate
v 1: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell] -
sedate
adj 1: characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate, staid] 2: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" [syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn] v 1: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" [syn: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise] [ant: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate] -
sinuate
adj 1: curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn: sinuate, sinuous, wiggly] 2: having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex -
situate
v 1: determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property" [syn: situate, locate] 2: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, fix, posit, deposit] -
skate
n 1: sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs 2: large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins v 1: move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter" -
state
n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" [syn: state, province] 2: the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" 3: the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax" 4: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 5: (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice" [syn: state of matter, state] 6: a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him" 7: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state, land] 8: the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" [syn: Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS] v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell] 2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" [syn: submit, state, put forward, posit] 3: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?" [syn: express, state] -
straight
adv 1: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, straight, direct] 2: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay" [syn: directly, flat, straight] [ant: indirectly] 3: in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight" adj 1: successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days" [syn: straight, consecutive] 2: having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" [ant: crooked] 3: (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky" [ant: curly] 4: erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed] 5: in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" 6: characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" [syn: straight, square] [ant: corrupt, crooked] 7: no longer coiled [syn: uncoiled, straight] [ant: coiled] 8: free from curves or angles; "a straight line" [ant: curved, curving] 9: neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now" 10: not homosexual 11: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true" [syn: true, straight] 12: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears" [syn: square(a), straightforward, straight] 13: without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: neat, straight, full-strength] 14: following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning" 15: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned [syn: square, straight] n 1: a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex [syn: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight] 2: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) 3: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn: straightaway, straight] -
strait
adj 1: narrow; "strait is the gate" n 1: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water [syn: strait, sound] 2: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn: pass, strait, straits] -
superannuate
v 1: retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability 2: declare to be obsolete 3: become obsolete 4: retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity -
trait
n 1: a distinguishing feature of your personal nature -
translate
v 1: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." [syn: translate, interpret, render] 2: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" [syn: translate, transform] 3: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret, translate] 4: bring to a certain spiritual state 5: change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation 6: be equivalent in effect; "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power" 7: be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English" 8: subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body 9: express, as in simple and less technical language; "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"; "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?" 10: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA -
update
n 1: news that updates your information v 1: modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house" 2: bring up to date; supply with recent information 3: bring to the latest state of technology -
upstate
adv 1: in or toward the northern parts of a state; "he lives upstate New York" -
kuwait
n 1: a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait [syn: Kuwait, Kuwait City, Koweit, capital of Kuwait] 2: an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum [syn: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit] -
reevaluate
v 1: revise or renew one's assessment [syn: reassess, reevaluate] -
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