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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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allies
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n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War
II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter
of the United Nations in 1945
2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and
Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them
in opposing the Central Powers
3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common
enemy
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analyse
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v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]
3: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse,
psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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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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assize
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n 1: the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered
for sale
2: an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff
for the recovery of property
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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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marginalize
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v 1: relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of
people; "We must not marginalize the poor in our society"
[syn: marginalize, marginalise]
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psychoanalyse
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v 1: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze,
analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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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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tantalize
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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]
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analyze
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v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
3: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse,
psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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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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channelize
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v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre,
direct, point, head, guide, channelize,
channelise]
2: make a channel for; provide with a channel; "channelize the
country for better transportation" [syn: channelize,
channelise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise]
4: cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" [syn:
channelize, channelise]
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finalize
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v 1: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form;
"let's finalize the proposal" [syn: finalize, finalise,
settle, nail down]
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penalize
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v 1: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students
were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to
punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: punish,
penalize, penalise]
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communalize
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v 1: make something the property of the commune or community
[syn: communalize, communalise]
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fictionalize
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v 1: make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of
his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize,
fictionalise, retell]
2: convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author
novelized the historical event" [syn: novelize, novelise,
fictionalize, fictionalise]
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formalize
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v 1: make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and
gave him a title" [syn: formalize, formalise]
2: declare or make legally valid [syn: validate, formalize,
formalise] [ant: annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify,
quash, void]
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internalize
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v 1: incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal;
"internalize a belief" [syn: internalize, internalise,
interiorize, interiorise]
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nationalize
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v 1: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand
nationalized the banks" [syn: nationalize, nationalise]
[ant: denationalise, denationalize]
2: make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were
nationalized by the press" [syn: nationalize,
nationalise]
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rationalize
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v 1: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by
reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy
behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" [syn:
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify,
rationalize, rationalise]
2: weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose
weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" [syn: cut,
prune, rationalize, rationalise]
3: structure and run according to rational or scientific
principles in order to achieve desired results; "We
rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
[syn: rationalize, rationalise]
4: think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders
why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
[syn: rationalize, rationalise]
5: remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be
rationalized" [syn: rationalize, rationalise]
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sectionalize
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v 1: divide into sections, especially into geographic sections;
"sectionalize a country" [syn: sectionalize,
sectionalise]
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caramelize
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v 1: be converted into caramel; "The sugar caramelized" [syn:
caramelize, caramelise]
2: convert to caramel [syn: caramelize, caramelise]
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criminalize
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v 1: treat as a criminal
2: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the
U.S." [syn: outlaw, criminalize, criminalise,
illegalize, illegalise] [ant: decriminalise,
decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate,
legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize]
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decimalize
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v 1: change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be
decimalized in the year 2000" [syn: decimalize,
decimalise]
2: change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the
currency in 1975" [syn: decimalize, decimalise]
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personalize
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v 1: make personal or more personal; "personalized service"
[syn: personalize, personalise, individualize,
individualise] [ant: depersonalise, depersonalize,
objectify]
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canalize
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v 1: provide (a city) with a canal [syn: canal, canalize,
canalise]
2: direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad
audience" [syn: channel, canalize, canalise]
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applies
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ayes
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belies
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buys
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complies
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cries
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decries
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ais
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panelize
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reanalyze
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journalize
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vernalize
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cryptanalyze
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nominalize
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regionalize
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