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- Solidify
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transitive verb 1 : to make solid, compact, or hard 2 : to make secure, substantial, or firmly fixed
intransitive verb : to become solid, compact, or hard - Pervade
- : to become diffused throughout every part of
- Paint
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transitive verb 1 a (1): to apply color, pigment, or paint to (2): to color with a cosmetic b (1): to apply with a movement resembling that used in painting (2): to treat with a liquid by brushing or swabbing
2 a (1): to produce in lines and colors on a surface by applying pigments (2): to depict by such lines and colors b: to decorate, adorn, or variegate by applying lines and colors c: to produce or evoke as if by painting 3: to touch up or cover over by or as if by painting 4: to depict as having specified or implied characteristics intransitive verb 1: to practice the art of painting 2: to use cosmetics - Transcend
- transitive verb1 a: to rise above or go beyond the limits of b: to triumph over the negative or restrictive aspects of : overcome c: to be prior to, beyond, and above (the universe or material existence)2: to outstrip or outdo in some attribute, quality, or powerintransitive verb: to rise above or extend notably beyond ordinary limits
- Refute
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1 : to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous 2 : to deny the truth or accuracy of
- Create
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transitive verb1: to bring into existence
2 a: to invest with a new form, office, or rank b: to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior 3: cause , occasion 4 a: to produce through imaginative skill b: design intransitive verb1: to make or bring into existence something new2: to set up a scoring opportunity in basketball - Enhance
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1obsolete : raise2: heighten , increase ; especially : to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness
— en·hance·ment Listen to the pronunciation of enhancement \-ˈhan(t)-smənt\ noun - Suggest
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1 aobsolete : to seek to influence : seduce b: to call forth : evoke c: to mention or imply as a possibility
d: to propose as desirable or fitting e: to offer for consideration or as a hypothesis 2 a: to call to mind by thought or association b: to serve as a motive or inspiration for - Depict
- 1 : to represent by or as if by a picture 2 : describe 1
- Revert
- 1 : to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) 2 : to return to the proprietor or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion 3 : to return to an ancestral type
- Assert
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1: to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively 2 a: to demonstrate the existence of
b: posit , postulate - Discern
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transitive verb1 a: to detect with the eyes
b: to detect with senses other than vision 2: to recognize or identify as separate and distinct : discriminate 3: to come to know or recognize mentally intransitive verb: to see or understand the difference - Transform
- transitive verb1 a: to change in composition or structure b: to change the outward form or appearance of c: to change in character or condition : convert2: to subject to mathematical transformation3: to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformation intransitive verb: to become transformed : change
- Construct
- 1: to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements : build ; also : contrive , devise2: to draw (a geometrical figure) with suitable instruments and under specified conditions3: to set in logical order
- Regale
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1 : to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies 2 : to give pleasure or amusement to
- Constrain
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1 a: to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation b: to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode2: compress ; also : to clasp tightly3: to secure by or as if by bonds : confine ; broadly : limit4: to force or produce in an unnatural or strained manner 5: to hold back by or as if by force
- Exemplify
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1: to show or illustrate by example
2: to make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal 3 a: to be an instance of or serve as an example : embody b: to be typical of - Assert
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1: to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively2 a: to demonstrate the existence of
b: posit , postulate - Manipulate
- 1: to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner2 a: to manage or utilize skillfully b: to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage3: to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose : doctor
- Master
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1: to become master of : overcome
2 a: to become skilled or proficient in the use of b: to gain a thorough understanding of 3: to produce a master recording of (as a musical rendition) - Inspire
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transitive verb 1 a: to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration b: to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on
c: to spur on : impel , motivate d: affect 2 aarchaic : to breathe or blow into or upon barchaic : to infuse (as life) by breathing 3 a: to communicate to an agent supernaturally b: to draw forth or bring out 4: inhale 5 a: bring about , occasion b: incite 6: to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of another - Sustain
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1: to give support or relief to2: to supply with sustenance : nourish3: keep up , prolong4: to support the weight of : prop ; also : to carry or withstand (a weight or pressure)5: to buoy up
6 a: to bear up under b: suffer , undergo 7 a: to support as true, legal, or just b: to allow or admit as valid 8: to support by adequate proof : confirm - Demonstrate
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1: to show clearly
2: to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence b: to illustrate and explain especially with many examples 3: to show or prove the value or efficiency of to a prospective buyer intransitive verb: to make a demonstration - Meander
- 1: a winding path or course ; especially : labyrinth 2: a turn or winding of a stream
- Elucidate
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transitive verb : to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
intransitive verb : to give a clarifying explanation - Construe
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transitive verb 1 : to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) 2 : to understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances
intransitive verb : to construe a sentence or sentence part especially in connection with translating - Dispel
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: to drive away by or as if by scattering : dissipate
- Foreshadow
- : to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
- Clarify
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1 : to make (as a liquid) clear or pure usually by freeing from suspended matter 2 : to free of confusion
3 : to make understandable - Imply
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1: obsolete : enfold , entwine 2: to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement
3: to contain potentially 4: to express indirectly - Reveal
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1: to make known through divine inspiration 2: to make (something secret or hidden) publicly or generally known
3 : to open up to view : display - Embody
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1: to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate 2 a: to deprive of spirituality b: to make concrete and perceptible 3: to cause to become a body or part of a body : incorporate 4: to represent in human or animal form : personify
- Repudiate
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1: to divorce or separate formally from (a woman) 2: to refuse to have anything to do with : disown 3 a: to refuse to accept ; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force
b: to reject as untrue or unjust 4: to refuse to acknowledge or pay - Empower
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1 : to give official authority or legal power to
2 : enable 1a 3 : to promote the self-actualization or influence of - Portray
- 1: to make a picture of ; depict 2: to describe in words b: to play the role of : enact
- Predict
- transitive verb: to declare or indicate in advance ; especially : foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason intransitive verb: to make a prediction
- Convey
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1: obsolete : lead , conduct 2: to bear from one place to another ; especially : to move in a continuous stream or mass b: to impart or communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance
c (1)archaic : steal (2)obsolete : to carry away secretly d: to transfer or deliver (as property) to another especially by a sealed writing e: to cause to pass from one place or person to another - Hint
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transitive verb : to convey indirectly and by allusion rather than explicitly intransitive verb : to give a hint —usually used with at