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converge
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v 1: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
point" [syn: converge, meet] [ant: diverge]
2: approach a limit as the number of terms increases without
limit [ant: diverge]
3: move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd
converged on the movie star" [ant: diverge]
4: come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces
converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
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dirge
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n 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach,
lament, requiem, threnody]
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diverge
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v 1: move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" [ant:
converge]
2: have no limits as a mathematical series [ant: converge,
meet]
3: extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge
here"; "Their interests diverged" [ant: converge, meet]
4: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate,
vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform]
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emerge
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v 1: come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the
proprietor emerged from his office"
2: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The
words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: issue,
emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]
3: become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the
study"
4: come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions
emerge"
5: happen or occur as a result of something [syn: come forth,
emerge]
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merge
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v 1: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the
cells merge" [syn: unify, unite, merge] [ant: break
apart, disunify]
2: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
3: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: unite,
unify, merge]
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purge
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n 1: the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma
or charge [syn: purge, purging, purgation]
2: an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other
undesired elements [syn: purge, purging]
3: an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an
organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"
v 1: oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times
throughout his lifetime" [ant: rehabilitate]
2: clear of a charge
3: make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery
purified" [syn: purify, purge, sanctify]
4: rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
5: rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with
antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank" [syn: flush,
scour, purge]
6: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him
last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
7: excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor
decided that the patient must be purged"
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scourge
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n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic
humor) [syn: scourge, flagellum]
2: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
[syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of
the neighborhood" [syn: terror, scourge, threat]
v 1: punish severely; excoriate
2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
flagellate, scourge]
3: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay
waste to the countryside after the invasion" [syn: lay waste
to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge]
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serge
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n 1: a twilled woolen fabric
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splurge
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n 1: an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
2: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an
emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy,
binge, splurge]
v 1: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge,
fling]
2: be showy or ostentatious
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spurge
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n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually
having milky often poisonous juice
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submerge
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v 1: sink below the surface; go under or as if under water [syn:
submerge, submerse]
2: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in
work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [syn: submerge,
drown, overwhelm]
3: put under water; "submerge your head completely" [syn:
submerge, submerse]
4: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn:
inundate, deluge, submerge]
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surge
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n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge,
upsurge]
2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of
speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent
crime" [syn: surge, upsurge]
3: a large sea wave [syn: billow, surge]
v 1: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged
forward" [syn: billow, surge, heave]
2: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn:
soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom]
3: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge]
[ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out]
4: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force
such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend, surge]
5: see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and
then surged ahead"
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upsurge
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n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge,
upsurge]
2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of
speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent
crime" [syn: surge, upsurge]
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urge
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n 1: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn:
urge, impulse]
2: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" [syn:
urge, itch]
v 1: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to
finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press,
exhort]
2: push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly
that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend,
urge, advocate]
3: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The
crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer,
root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort,
pep up]
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verge
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n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: brink, threshold,
verge]
2: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the
verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: verge,
brink]
3: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand]
4: a grass border along a road
v 1: border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the
criminal"
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dramaturge
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burge
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berge
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birge
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burdge
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