Words that rhyme with magistrate
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accelerate
v 1: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up] 2: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow down] -
accurate
adj 1: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" [ant: inaccurate] 2: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement" [syn: accurate, exact, precise] -
administrate
v 1: work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" [syn: administer, administrate] -
adulterate
adj 1: mixed with impurities [syn: adulterate, adulterated, debased] v 1: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase] -
adumbrate
v 1: describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" [syn: sketch, outline, adumbrate] 2: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate] -
aerate
v 1: expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" [syn: air out, air, aerate] 2: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [syn: activate, aerate] 3: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood" [syn: oxygenate, oxygenize, oxygenise, aerate] -
agglomerate
adj 1: clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head" [syn: agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered] n 1: volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together 2: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus] v 1: form into one cluster -
airfreight
v 1: transport (cargo) by air [syn: air-ship, airfreight, air-freight] -
alliterate
v 1: use alliteration as a form of poetry -
ameliorate
v 1: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 2: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen] -
arbitrate
v 1: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate] -
aspirate
n 1: a consonant pronounced with aspiration v 1: remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out] 2: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds 3: suck in (air) -
asseverate
v 1: state categorically [syn: assert, asseverate, maintain] -
ate
n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment -
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] -
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 -
barbiturate
n 1: organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal -
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] -
borate
n 1: a salt or ester of boric acid -
calibrate
v 1: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" [syn: calibrate, graduate, fine-tune] 2: mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale" 3: measure the caliber of; "calibrate a gun" -
camphorate
v 1: treat with camphor -
carat
n 1: a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg 2: the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold [syn: karat, carat, kt] -
carbohydrate
n 1: an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain [syn: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar] -
carburet
v 1: combine with carbon -
caret
n 1: a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text -
carrot
n 1: deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant 2: perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions [syn: carrot, cultivated carrot, Daucus carota sativa] 3: orange root; important source of carotene 4: promise of reward as in "carrot and stick"; "used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote"; -
castrate
n 1: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: eunuch, castrate] v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: emasculate, castrate] 2: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten] 3: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise] 4: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter, neuter, spay, castrate] -
celebrate
v 1: behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" [syn: observe, celebrate, keep] 2: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" [syn: celebrate, fete] 3: assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" [syn: lionize, lionise, celebrate] -
cellaret
n 1: sideboard with compartments for holding bottles [syn: minibar, cellaret] -
cerebrate
v 1: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" [syn: think, cogitate, cerebrate] -
chlorate
n 1: any salt of chloric acid -
citrate
n 1: a salt or ester of citric acid v 1: cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid -
claret
n 1: a dark purplish-red color 2: dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine [syn: claret, red Bordeaux] v 1: drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight" -
coelenterate
n 1: radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms [syn: coelenterate, cnidarian] -
collaborate
v 1: work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" [syn: collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together] 2: cooperate as a traitor; "he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris" -
commemorate
v 1: mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" [syn: commemorate, mark] 2: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" [syn: commemorate, remember] 3: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record] -
commensurate
adj 1: corresponding in size or degree or extent; "pay should be commensurate with the time worked" [ant: incommensurate] -
commiserate
v 1: to feel or express sympathy or compassion [syn: commiserate, sympathize, sympathise] -
concentrate
n 1: the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore [syn: dressed ore, concentrate] 2: a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water 3: a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of contemporary despair" v 1: make denser, stronger, or purer; "concentrate juice" 2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet] 3: make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" [syn: centralize, centralise, concentrate] [ant: decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate] 4: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: digest, condense, concentrate] 5: draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities" 6: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [syn: condense, concentrate, contract] 7: be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" [syn: boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate] 8: cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" [syn: reduce, boil down, concentrate] -
confederate
adj 1: of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers" 2: united in a confederacy or league [syn: allied, confederate, confederative] n 1: a supporter of the Confederate States of America 2: someone who assists in a plot [syn: confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime] 3: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: accomplice, confederate] v 1: form a group or unite; "The groups banded together" [syn: band together, confederate] 2: form a confederation with; of nations -
conflate
v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge] -
conglomerate
adj 1: composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass; "the conglomerate peoples of New England" n 1: a composite rock made up of particles of varying size [syn: pudding stone, conglomerate] 2: a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization [syn: conglomerate, empire] v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass] -
consecrate
adj 1: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II" [syn: consecrated, consecrate, dedicated] [ant: desecrated] v 1: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order] 2: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote] 3: dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: vow, consecrate] 4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate, desecrate, unhallow] -
considerate
adj 1: showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone" [ant: inconsiderate] -
cooperate
v 1: work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" [syn: collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together] -
corporate
adj 1: of or belonging to a corporation; "corporate rates"; "corporate structure" 2: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate] 3: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good" [syn: corporate, collective] 4: organized and maintained as a legal corporation; "a special agency set up in corporate form"; "an incorporated town" [syn: corporate, incorporated] -
corroborate
v 1: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate] 2: give evidence for [syn: validate, corroborate] 3: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence" [syn: corroborate, underpin, bear out, support] -
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] -
culprit
n 1: someone who perpetrates wrongdoing [syn: perpetrator, culprit] -
curate
n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector] -
decelerate
v 1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard] [ant: accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up] 2: reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" [syn: decelerate, slow down] [ant: accelerate, speed, speed up] -
deconsecrate
v 1: remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate] [ant: bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify] -
decorate
v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify] 3: award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military" 4: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress, decorate] -
defenestrate
v 1: throw through or out of the window; "The rebels stormed the palace and defenestrated the President" -
deflagrate
v 1: cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity; "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated" 2: burn with great heat and intense light; "the powder deflagrated" -
degenerate
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast] n 1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate] v 1: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate] -
dehydrate
v 1: preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" [syn: dehydrate, desiccate] 2: remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" [syn: dehydrate, desiccate] 3: lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" [syn: exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate] [ant: hydrate] -
deliberate
adj 1: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: deliberate, calculated, measured] 2: unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate, measured] v 1: 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] 2: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate] -
demonstrate
v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove] 3: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 4: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn: demonstrate, march] -
denigrate
v 1: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence" [syn: minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate] 2: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch] -
desecrate
v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: desecrate, profane, outrage, violate] 2: remove the consecration from a person or an object [syn: desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate] [ant: bless, consecrate, hallow, sanctify] -
desperate
adj 1: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams" [syn: despairing, desperate] 2: desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do- or-die conflict" [syn: desperate, do-or-die(a)] 3: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men" 4: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life" [syn: desperate, heroic] 5: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition" 6: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" [syn: desperate, dire] n 1: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate" -
deteriorate
v 1: become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" 2: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate] -
directorate
n 1: a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution [syn: directorate, board of directors] -
disinherit
v 1: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting [syn: disinherit, disown] [ant: bequeath, leave, will] -
disintegrate
v 1: break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity; "The material disintegrated"; "the group disintegrated after the leader died" [ant: incorporate, integrate] 2: cause to undergo fission or lose particles 3: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" [syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose] -
disparate
adj 1: fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind; "such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "disparate ideas" 2: including markedly dissimilar elements; "a disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers" -
doctorate
n 1: one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university [syn: doctor's degree, doctorate] -
elaborate
adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" [syn: elaborate, luxuriant] 2: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme" [syn: detailed, elaborate, elaborated] v 1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten] 2: produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey" 3: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate] 4: work out in detail; "elaborate a plan" [syn: elaborate, work out] -
electorate
n 1: the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote -
emigrate
v 1: leave one's country of residence for a new one; "Many people had to emigrate during the Nazi period" [ant: immigrate] -
emirate
n 1: the domain controlled by an emir 2: the office of an emir -
enumerate
v 1: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" [syn: enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise] 2: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate] -
equilibrate
v 1: bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium 2: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" [syn: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise] [ant: unbalance] -
evaporate
v 1: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate, vaporize, vaporise] 2: cause to change into a vapor; "The chemist evaporated the water" [syn: evaporate, vaporise] 3: change into a vapor; "The water evaporated in front of our eyes" [syn: evaporate, vaporise] 4: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" [syn: melt, disappear, evaporate] -
eviscerate
adj 1: having been disembowelled v 1: surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ [syn: resect, eviscerate] 2: remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach" 3: remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" [syn: disembowel, eviscerate, draw] 4: take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed" -
exaggerate
v 1: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate] 2: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" [syn: overdo, exaggerate] -
exasperate
v 1: exasperate or irritate [syn: exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate] 2: make furious [syn: infuriate, exasperate, incense] 3: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate] [ant: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate] -
execrate
v 1: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate] 2: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment [syn: accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise] -
exhilarate
v 1: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify] -
exonerate
v 1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant: convict] -
expectorate
v 1: clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly" [syn: expectorate, clear out, drive out] 2: discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth [syn: expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out] -
exuberate
v 1: to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" [syn: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate] -
favourite
adj 1: appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction" [syn: favorite, favourite] 2: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] n 1: a competitor thought likely to win [syn: front-runner, favorite, favourite] 2: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 3: something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites" [syn: favorite, favourite] -
federate
adj 1: united under a central government [syn: federate, federated] v 1: enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union" [syn: federate, federalize, federalise] 2: unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war" [syn: federate, federalize, federalise] -
filtrate
n 1: the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter v 1: remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" [syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out] -
floret
n 1: a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) [syn: floret, floweret] -
floweret
n 1: a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) [syn: floret, floweret] -
frustrate
v 1: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk] 2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate] -
garret
n 1: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic, garret] -
generate
v 1: bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" [syn: generate, bring forth] 2: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate] 3: produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity" 4: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth] -
gyrate
v 1: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: gyrate, spiral, coil] 2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate] -
hydrate
n 1: any compound that contains water of crystallization v 1: supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently" 2: become hydrated and combine with water 3: cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin" [ant: dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, exsiccate] -
illiterate
adj 1: not able to read or write [ant: literate] 2: uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" [syn: ignorant, illiterate] 3: lacking culture, especially in language and literature [ant: literate] n 1: a person unable to read [syn: illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader] -
illustrate
v 1: clarify by giving an example of [syn: exemplify, illustrate, instance] 2: depict with an illustration 3: supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings" -
immigrate
v 1: migrate to a new environment; "only few plants can immigrate to the island" 2: introduce or send as immigrants; "Britain immigrated many colonists to America" 3: come into a new country and change residency; "Many people immigrated at the beginning of the 20th century" [ant: emigrate] -
immoderate
adj 1: beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending" [ant: moderate] -
imperforate
adj 1: not perforated; having no opening
See also magistrate definition and magistrate synonyms
