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abnegate
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v 1: deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from
indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and
spirits" [syn: deny, abnegate]
2: surrender (power or a position); "The King abnegated his
power to the ministers"
3: deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"
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abrogate
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v 1: revoke formally
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aggregate
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adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole;
"aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions
combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of
indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated,
aggregative, mass]
2: composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels
or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits"
n 1: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality,
aggregate]
2: material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to
make concrete, mortar, or plaster
3: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn:
aggregate, congeries, conglomeration]
v 1: amount in the aggregate to
2: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]
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arrogate
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v 1: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right
or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline
counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because
he is a foreign resident" [syn: claim, lay claim,
arrogate] [ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up,
throw overboard, waive]
2: make undue claims to having [syn: arrogate, assign]
3: seize and take control without authority and possibly with
force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to
himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he
usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after
her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take
over, arrogate]
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ate
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n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
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castigate
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v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive
remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate,
chasten, correct]
2: inflict severe punishment on
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circumnavigate
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v 1: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the
earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass]
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colligate
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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: consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule
or principle [syn: subsume, colligate]
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congregate
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v 1: come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds
congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"
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conjugate
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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
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corrugate
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v 1: fold into ridges; "corrugate iron"
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delegate
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n 1: a person appointed or elected to represent others
v 1: transfer power to someone [syn: delegate, depute]
2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task
to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute,
assign]
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derogate
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v 1: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his
influence" [syn: minimize, belittle, denigrate,
derogate]
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desegregate
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v 1: open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups;
"This school is completely desegregated" [syn:
desegregate, integrate, mix] [ant: segregate]
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divagate
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v 1: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or
speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her
mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
[syn: digress, stray, divagate, wander]
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expurgate
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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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fumigate
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v 1: treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim
of disinfecting or eradicating pests [syn: fumigate,
fume]
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fustigate
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v 1: strike with a cudgel [syn: cudgel, fustigate]
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instigate
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v 1: provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest
among the people" [syn: incite, instigate, set off,
stir up]
2: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
relatives" [syn: prompt, inspire, instigate]
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interrogate
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v 1: transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate
response, as in telecommunication
2: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by
the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of
the explosion" [syn: interrogate, question]
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investigate
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v 1: investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax
of Chinese" [syn: investigate, look into]
2: conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district
attorney's office investigated reports of possible
irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich
old lady" [syn: investigate, inquire, enquire]
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irrigate
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v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams;
"Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate]
2: supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for
the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate
the wound"
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litigate
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v 1: engage in legal proceedings
2: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He
was warned that the district attorney would process him";
"She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: action,
sue, litigate, process]
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mitigate
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v 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;
"The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: extenuate,
palliate, mitigate]
2: make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"
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navigate
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v 1: travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The
QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [syn: voyage,
sail, navigate]
2: act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan,
direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is
anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was
navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate,
pilot]
3: direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the
altar"
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negate
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v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie,
negate]
2: deny the truth of [syn: contradict, negate, contravene]
3: prove negative; show to be false [syn: negate,
contradict] [ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate,
substantiate, support, sustain]
4: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her
optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the
effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize, neutralise,
nullify, negate]
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objurgate
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v 1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in
South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn:
condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]
2: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive
remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate,
chasten, correct]
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obligate
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adj 1: restricted to a particular condition of life; "an
obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of
oxygen" [ant: facultative]
v 1: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to
fill out this form" [syn: compel, oblige, obligate]
2: commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"
3: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a
contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige,
bind, hold, obligate]
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propagate
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v 1: transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these
characteristics"
2: travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this
medium"
3: transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"
4: become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread";
"Optimism spread among the population" [syn: spread,
propagate]
5: transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great
civilization was propagated throughout the land"
6: 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]
7: cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
8: multiply sexually or asexually
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relegate
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v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She
likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
[syn: relegate, pass on, submit]
2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to
Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick
downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs,
promote, raise, upgrade]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?";
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn:
relegate, classify]
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segregate
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n 1: someone who is or has been segregated
v 1: separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial
segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't
segregate in this county" [ant: desegregate, integrate,
mix]
2: divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns
segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that
genes segregate"
3: separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a
group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon";
"large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
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subjugate
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v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress,
quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
2: make subservient; force to submit or subdue [syn:
subjugate, subject]
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subrogate
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v 1: substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where
an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident
for the insured
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surrogate
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adj 1: providing or receiving nurture or parental care though
not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent";
"foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father" [syn:
foster, surrogate]
n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn:
surrogate, alternate, replacement]
2: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
[syn: deputy, surrogate]
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variegate
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v 1: change the appearance of, especially by marking with
different colors
2: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn:
vary, variegate, motley]
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ligate
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v 1: join letters in a ligature when writing
2: bind chemically; "The enzyme ligated"
3: bind with a bandage or ligature; "ligate the artery"
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watergate
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n 1: a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery
and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of
Richard Nixon in 1974 [syn: Watergate, Watergate
scandal]
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margate
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n 1: a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to
Brazil [syn: margate, Haemulon album]
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newgate
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n 1: a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary
conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison
was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902
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disaggregate
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aydt
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ait
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levigate
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runagate
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