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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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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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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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demise
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n 1: the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his
plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: death, dying,
demise] [ant: birth]
v 1: transfer by a lease or by a will
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despise
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v 1: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has
to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't
catch on immediately" [syn: contemn, despise, scorn,
disdain]
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disguise
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n 1: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of
something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always
associated with catastrophe in his stories" [syn:
disguise, camouflage]
2: any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal
the wearer's identity
3: the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying
its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" [syn:
disguise, camouflage]
v 1: make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We
disguised our faces before robbing the bank" [syn:
disguise, mask]
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flies
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n 1: (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the
audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
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fries
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n 1: strips of potato fried in deep fat [syn: french fries,
french-fried potatoes, fries, chips]
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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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applies
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ayes
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belies
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complies
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cries
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decries
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defies
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denies
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dies
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dries
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lies
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miles
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skies
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sky's
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spies
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styles
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supplies
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ties
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tries
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ais
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crise
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giles
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myles
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ryles
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