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abate
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v 1: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate,
slack]
2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The
rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up,
slack off, slack, die away]
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agglutinate
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adj 1: united as if by glue [syn: agglutinate,
agglutinative]
v 1: string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
2: clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
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alternate
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adj 1: every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on
alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White
Queen
2: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
[syn: alternate, alternative, substitute]
3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other;
"alternating feelings of love and hate" [syn: alternate(a),
alternating(a)]
4: of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the
other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with
alternate leaves" [ant: opposite, paired]
n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn:
surrogate, alternate, replacement]
v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states
or conditions [syn: alternate, jump]
2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and
functions
3: be an understudy or alternate for a role [syn: understudy,
alternate]
4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn:
interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-
flop]
5: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"
[syn: alternate, take turns]
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archidiaconate
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n 1: office or position of an archdeacon
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at
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n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the
halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
[syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
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ate
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n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
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await
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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]
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backdate
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v 1: make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax
was backdated to January"
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bait
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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
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bate
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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"
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berate
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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]
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cachinnate
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v 1: laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way
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debate
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n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against
some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign
aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation,
debate]
2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the
opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate,
disputation, public debate]
v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of
abortion"; "John debated Mary"
2: 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]
3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate,
deliberate]
4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend,
debate, fence]
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detonate
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v 1: cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We
exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode, detonate,
blow up, set off]
2: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or
physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov
cocktail exploded" [syn: detonate, explode, blow up]
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hibernate
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v 1: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before
they hibernate in their caves" [syn: hibernate, hole
up] [ant: aestivate, estivate]
2: be in an inactive or dormant state
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intonate
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v 1: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a
particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" [syn:
intonate, intone]
2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;
"The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone,
intonate, cantillate]
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iodinate
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v 1: cause to combine with iodine; "iodinate thyroxine" [ant:
de-iodinate]
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machinate
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v 1: arrange by systematic planning and united effort;
"machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to
take over the director's office" [syn: organize,
organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate]
2: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government" [syn:
conspire, cabal, complot, conjure, machinate]
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procrastinate
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v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want
to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn:
procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's
heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
2: postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter
until it was almost too late"
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rabbinate
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n 1: rabbis collectively
2: the office or function of a rabbi
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subordinate
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adj 1: lower in rank or importance [syn: subordinate, low-
level] [ant: dominant]
2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of another;
"a subordinate kingdom" [ant: insubordinate]
3: (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a
complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause
functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
[syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent,
main(a)]
n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
[syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot
soldier]
2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn:
hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word]
v 1: rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
"Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
2: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have
to be subordinated to that of our ruler" [syn: subordinate,
subdue]
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sultanate
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n 1: country or territory ruled by a sultan
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turbinate
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adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in
the nasal passages
2: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral,
spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate]
n 1: any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in
man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone,
turbinate, turbinal]
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catenate
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v 1: arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores [syn:
catenate, catenulate]
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shogunate
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n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism,
authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy,
one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism,
totalitarianism, tyranny]
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polycarbonate
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aydt
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ait
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titanate
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diaconate
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