Verb Ocean II Summary

Verb Ocean II

Andrew Ernest Ritz

Langtech

May 31, 2011

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devour

verb –1. (1) devour – (destroy completely; ”Fire had devoured our
home”)


diagnose

verb –1. (4) diagnose, name – (determine or distinguish the nature of
a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)


dice

verb –1. cube, dice – (cut into cubes; ”cube the cheese”)


dictate

verb –1. (8) order, prescribe, dictate – (issue commands or orders for)


differentiate

verb –1. (4) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,
severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart – (mark as different; ”We
distinguish several kinds of maple”)


diﬀuse

verb –1. (1) diﬀuse, spread, spread out, fan out – (move outward;
”The soldiers fanned out”)


dig

verb –1. (9) dig, delve, cut into, turn over – (turn up, loosen, or
remove earth; ”Dig we must”; ”turn over the soil for aeration”)


digest

verb –1. (1) digest – (convert food into absorbable substances; ”I
cannot digest milk products”)


dignify

verb –1. (1) ennoble, dignify – (confer dignity or honor upon; ”He
was digniﬁed with a title”)


dike

verb –. dike, dyke – (enclose with a dike; ”dike the land to protect it
from water”)


dilapidate

verb –1. dilapidate – (bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin
by neglect or misuse)


dilate

verb –1. (6) dilate, distend – (become wider; ”His pupils were
dilated”)


dilute

verb –1. (9) dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut – (lessen the strength
or ﬂavor of a solution or mixture; ”cut bourbon”)


dim

verb –1. dim, dip – (switch (a car’s headlights) from a higher to a
lower beam)


diminish

verb –1. (10) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall – (decrease in size,
extent, or range; ”The amount of homework decreased towards the
end of the semester”; ”The cabin pressure fell dramatically”; ”her
weight fell to under a hundred pounds”; ”his voice fell to a whisper”)


dimple

verb –1. dimple – (mark with, or as if with, dimples; ”drops dimpled
the smooth stream”)


dip

verb –1. (2) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse – (immerse brieﬂy into a
liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; ”dip the garment into the
cleaning solution”; ”dip the brush into the paint”)


direct

verb –1. (17) direct – (command with authority; ”He directed the
children to do their homework”)


disable

verb –1. (1) disable, disenable, incapacitate – (make unable to
perform a certain action; ”disable this command on your computer”)


disadvantage

verb –. disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour – (put at a disadvantage;
hinder, harm; ”This rule clearly disadvantages me”)


disallow

verb –. (1) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix –
(command against; ”I forbid you to call me late at night”; ”Mother
vetoed the trip to the chocolate store”; ”Dad nixed our plans”)


disappoint

verb –. (5) disappoint, let down – (fail to meet the hopes or
expectations of; ”Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose
marriage”)


disapprove

verb –1. (5) disapprove – (consider bad or wrong)


disarm

verb –1. (2) disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise – (remove oﬀensive
capability from)


disassemble

verb –. (1) disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
– (take apart into its constituent pieces)


disavow

verb –. disavow – (refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of;
responsibility for, or association with; ”Her husband disavowed her
after 30 years of marriage and six children”)


disband

verb –1. (1) disband – (cause to break up or cease to function; ”the
principal disbanded the political student organization”)


disbar

verb –. disbar – (remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law
by oﬃcial action; ”The corrupt lawyer was disbarred”)


disbelieve

verb –. (1) disbelieve, discredit – (reject as false; refuse to accept)


disburse

verb –. (1) disburse, pay out – (expend, as from a fund)


discard

verb –. (3) discard, ﬂing, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast
aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away –
(throw or cast away; ”Put away your worries”)


discern

verb –. (7) spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out,
make out, tell apart – (detect with the senses; ”The ﬂeeing convicts
were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards”; ”I
can’t make out the faces in this photograph”)


discharge

verb –1. (3) dispatch, discharge, complete – (complete or carry out;
”discharge one’s duties”)


discipline

verb –1. (4) discipline, train, check, condition – (develop (children’s)
behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;
”Parents must discipline their children”; ”Is this dog trained?”)


disclaim

verb –1. disclaim – (renounce a legal claim or title to)


disclose

verb –1. (19) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover,
expose, divulge, break, give away, let out – (make known to the public
information that was previously known only to a few people or that
was meant to be kept a secret; ”The auction house would not disclose
the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; ”The actress won’t reveal
how old she is”; ”bring out the truth”; ”he broke the news to her”;
”unwrap the evidence in the murder case”)


disconcert

verb –1. confuse, ﬂurry, disconcert, put oﬀ – (cause to feel
embarrassment; ”The constant attention of the young man confused
her”)


disconnect

verb –1. (1) unplug, disconnect – (pull the plug of (electrical
appliances) and render inoperable; ”unplug the hair dryer after using
it”)


discontinue

verb –1. (4) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay oﬀ – (put an
end to a state or an activity; ”Quit teasing your little brother”)


discount

verb –1. (3) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush oﬀ, discount, push
aside, ignore – (bar from attention or consideration; ”She dismissed
his advances”)


discourage

verb –1. (12) deter, discourage – (try to prevent; show opposition to;
”We should discourage this practice among our youth”)


discover

verb –1. (21) detect, observe, ﬁnd, discover, notice – (discover or
determine the existence, presence, or fact of; ”She detected high levels
of lead in her drinking water”; ”We found traces of lead in the paint”)


discredit

verb –1. (1) discredit – (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; ”The
paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary”)


discuss

verb –1. (54) discourse, talk about, discuss – (to consider or examine
in speech or writing; ”The author talks about the diﬀerent aspects of
this question”; ”The class discussed Dante’s ‘Inferno’”)


disdain

verb –1. (2) contemn, despise, scorn, disdain – (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”)


disenchant

verb –. disenchant, disillusion – (free from enchantment)


disenfranchise

verb –. (1) disenfranchise, disfranchise – (deprive of voting rights)


disengage

verb –1. (1) disengage, withdraw – (release from something that
holds fast, connects, or entangles; ”I want to disengage myself from
his inﬂuence”; ”disengage the gears”)


disentangle

verb –1. (1) extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber – (release
from entanglement of diﬃculty; ”I cannot extricate myself from this
task”)


disgorge

verb –1. spill, shed, disgorge – (cause or allow (a solid substance) to
ﬂow or run out or over; ”spill the beans all over the table”)


disgrace

verb –1. (2) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame – (bring
shame or dishonor upon; ”he dishonored his family by committing a
serious crime”)


disguise

verb –. (1) disguise, mask – (make unrecognizable; ”The herb masks
the garlic taste”; ”We disguised our faces before robbing the bank”)


disgust

verb –1. (1) disgust, gross out, revolt, repel – (ﬁll with distaste;
”This spoilt food disgusts me”)


dishearten

verb –. (2) dishearten, put oﬀ – (take away the enthusiasm of)


dishonor

verb –1. (2) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame – (bring
shame or dishonor upon; ”he dishonored his family by committing a
serious crime”)


disillusion

verb –. disenchant, disillusion – (free from enchantment)


disinfect

verb –. disinfect – (destroy microorganisms or pathogens by
cleansing; ”disinfect a wound”)


dislike

verb –. (13) dislike – (have or feel a dislike or distaste for; ”I really
dislike this salesman”)


dislodge

verb –1. (2) dislodge, free – (remove or force out from a position;
”The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under
my gums”; ”He ﬁnally could free the legs of the earthquake victim
who was buried in the rubble”)


dismantle

verb –1. level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
– (tear down so as to make ﬂat with the ground; ”The building was
levelled”)


dismay

verb –1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;
”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s health
demoralizes her”)


dismember

verb –1. (1) dismember – (separate the limbs from the body; ”the
tiger dismembered the tourist”)


dismiss

verb –1. (14) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush oﬀ, discount,
push aside, ignore – (bar from attention or consideration; ”She
dismissed his advances”)


disobey

verb –. (4) disobey – (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be
disobedient; ”He disobeyed his supervisor and was ﬁred”)


disown

verb –1. (1) disinherit, disown – (prevent deliberately (as by making
a will) from inheriting)


disparage

verb –. disparage, belittle, pick at – (express a negative opinion of;
”She disparaged her student’s eﬀorts”)


dispatch

verb –1. (5) dispatch, despatch, send oﬀ – (send away towards a
designated goal)


dispel

verb –1. (10) chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel,
drive oﬀ, run oﬀ – (force to go away; used both with concrete and
metaphoric meanings; ”Drive away potential burglars”; ”drive away
bad thoughts”; ”dispel doubts”; ”The supermarket had to turn back
many disappointed customers”)


dispense

verb –1. (3) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot,
dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out – (administer or
bestow, as in small portions; ”administer critical remarks to everyone
present”; ”dole out some money”; ”shell out pocket money for the
children”; ”deal a blow to someone”; ”the machine dispenses soft
drinks”)


disperse

verb –1. (2) scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse – (distribute loosely;
”He scattered gun powder under the wagon”)


dispirit

verb –. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;
”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s health
demoralizes her”)


displace

verb –1. (1) displace – (cause to move, usually with force or pressure;
”the refugees were displaced by the war”)


display

verb –1. (35) expose, exhibit, display – (to show, make visible or
apparent; ”The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya’s works this
month”; ”Why don’t you show your nice legs and wear shorter
skirts?”; ”National leaders will have to display the highest skills of
statesmanship”)


displease

verb –. displease – (give displeasure to)


disprove

verb –. (1) disprove, confute – (prove to be false; ”The physicist
disproved his colleagues’ theories”)


dispute

verb –1. (4) challenge, dispute, gainsay – (take exception to; ”She
challenged his claims”)


disqualify

verb –1. (1) disqualify, unfit, indispose – (make unfit or unsuitable;
”Your income disqualifies you”)


disregard

verb –1. (3) ignore, disregard, snub, cut – (refuse to acknowledge;
”She cut him dead at the meeting”)


disrespect

verb –1. disrespect – (show a lack of respect for)


disrupt

verb –1. (5) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut oﬀ – (make a break in;
”We interrupt the program for the following messages”)


dissect

verb –1. (1) dissect – (cut open or cut apart; ”dissect the bodies for
analysis”)


disseminate

verb –. (6) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, diﬀuse, disperse, pass around – (cause
to become widely known; ”spread information”; ”circulate a rumor”;
”broadcast the news”)


dissipate

verb –1. (1) disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter – (to cause
to separate and go in diﬀerent directions; ”She waved her hand and
scattered the crowds”)


dissociate

verb –1. disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint – (part;
cease or break association with; ”She disassociated herself from the
organization when she found out the identity of the president”)


dissolve

verb –1. (4) dissolve, fade out, fade away – (become weaker; ”The
sound faded out”)


dissuade

verb –. (3) dissuade, deter – (turn away from by persuasion;
”Negative campaigning will only dissuade people”)


distance

verb –1. distance – (keep at a distance; ”we have to distance
ourselves from these events in order to continue living”)


distil

verb –1. condense, distill, distil – (undergo condensation; change
from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; ”water condenses”;
”The acid distills at a speciﬁc temperature”)


distill

verb –1. (3) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill – (remove impurities
from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process
of distillation; ”purify the water”)


distinguish

verb –1. (15) distinguish, separate, diﬀerentiate, secern, secernate,
severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart – (mark as diﬀerent; ”We
distinguish several kinds of maple”)


distort

verb –1. (5) falsify, distort, garble, warp – (make false by mutilation
or addition; as of a message or story)


distract

verb –1. (3) distract, deﬂect – (draw someone’s attention away from
something; ”The thief distracted the bystanders”; ”He deﬂected his
competitors”)


distress

verb –1. straiten, distress – (bring into diﬃculties or distress,
especially ﬁnancial hardship)


distribute

verb –1. (10) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot,
dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out – (administer or
bestow, as in small portions; ”administer critical remarks to everyone
present”; ”dole out some money”; ”shell out pocket money for the
children”; ”deal a blow to someone”; ”the machine dispenses soft
drinks”)


distrust

verb –. (3) distrust, mistrust, suspect – (regard as untrustworthy;
regard with suspicion; have no faith or conﬁdence in)


disturb

verb –1. (8) disturb, upset, trouble – (move deeply; ”This book upset
me”; ”A troubling thought”)


ditch

verb –1. ditch – (forsake; ”ditch a lover”)


diversify

verb –1. diversify – (make (more) diverse; ”diversify a course of
study”)


divert

verb –1. (2) deviate, divert – (turn aside; turn away from)


divest

verb –1. (1) deprive, strip, divest – (take away possessions from
someone; ”The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”)


divide

verb –1. (20) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up –
(separate into parts or portions; ”divide the cake into three equal
parts”; ”The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War
I”)


divine

verb –1. divine – (perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable
perceptive powers)


divorce

verb –1. (4) disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint –
(part; cease or break association with; ”She disassociated herself from
the organization when she found out the identity of the president”)


divulge

verb –. (1) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover,
expose, divulge, break, give away, let out – (make known to the public
information that was previously known only to a few people or that
was meant to be kept a secret; ”The auction house would not disclose
the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; ”The actress won’t reveal
how old she is”; ”bring out the truth”; ”he broke the news to her”;
”unwrap the evidence in the murder case”)


dizzy

verb –. dizzy – (make dizzy or giddy; ”a dizzying pace”)


do

verb –1. (526) make, do – (engage in; ”make love, not war”; ”make
an eﬀort”; ”do research”; ”do nothing”; ”make revolution”)


dock

verb –1. (2) dock – (come into dock; ”the ship docked”)


document

verb –1. (3) document – (record in detail; ”The parents documented
every step of their child’s development”)


dodge

verb –1. (6) dodge – (make a sudden movement in a new direction
so as to avoid; ”The child dodged the teacher’s blow”)


doff

verb –. doff – (remove; ”He doffed his hat”)


dog

verb –. (2) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go
after, track – (go after with the intent to catch; ”The policeman
chased the mugger down the alley”; ”the dog chased the rabbit”)


domesticate

verb –1. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame – (adapt
(a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; ”domesticate
oats”; ”tame the soil”)


dominate

verb –1. (9) predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail – (be larger
in number, quantity, power, status or importance; ”Money reigns
supreme here”; ”Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood”)


don

verb –. (4) wear, put on, get into, don, assume – (put clothing on
one’s body; ”What should I wear today?”; ”He put on his best suit
for the wedding”; ”The princess donned a long blue dress”; ”The
queen assumed the stately robes”; ”He got into his jeans”)


donate

verb –. (7) donate – (give to a charity or good cause; ”I donated
blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake”; ”donate
money to the orphanage”; ”She donates to her favorite charity every
month”)


doom

verb –1. (9) destine, fate, doom, designate – (decree or designate
beforehand; ”She was destined to become a great pianist”)


dope

verb –1. dope – (take drugs to improve one’s athletic performance)


dose

verb –1. (1) dose – (treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; ”The
ray dosed the paint”)


dot

verb –1. (3) dot, stud, constellate – (scatter or intersperse like dots
or studs; ”Hills constellated with lights”)


double

verb –1. (12) double, duplicate – (increase twofold; ”The population
doubled within 50 years”)


double-check

verb –. double-check – (check once more to be absolutely sure)


doubt

verb –1. (16) doubt – (consider unlikely or have doubts about; ”I
doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage”)


douse

verb –1. douse, put out – (put out, as of a candle or a light; ”Douse
the lights”)


dovetail

verb –. (1) dovetail – (ﬁt together tightly, as if by means of a
dovetail)


downgrade

verb –. (4) downgrade – (rate lower; lower in value or esteem)


download

verb –. download – (transfer a ﬁle or program from a central
computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote
location)


downplay

verb –1. understate, minimize, minimise, downplay – (represent as
less signiﬁcant or important)


downsize

verb –1. downsize – (dismiss from work; ”three secretaries were
downsized during the ﬁnancial crisis”)


draft

verb –1. (4) draft, outline – (draw up an outline or sketch for
something; ”draft a speech”)


drag

verb –1. (16) drag – (pull, as against a resistance; ”He dragged the
big suitcase behind him”; ”These worries were dragging at him”)


drain

verb –1. (2) drain, run out – (ﬂow oﬀ gradually; ”The rain water
drains into this big vat”)


dramatize

verb –1. (1) dramatize, dramatise, adopt – (put into dramatic form;
”adopt a book for a screenplay”)


drape

verb –1. (3) drape – (arrange in a particular way; ”drape a cloth”)


draw

verb –1. (13) pull, draw, force – (cause to move by pulling; ”draw a
wagon”; ”pull a sled”)


dread

verb –. (4) fear, dread – (be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; ”I
fear the winters in Moscow”; ”We should not fear the Communists!”)


dream

verb –1. (15) dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze – (have a
daydream; indulge in a fantasy)


dredge

verb –1. dredge – (cover before cooking; ”dredge the chicken in ﬂour
before frying it”)


drench

verb –1. swamp, drench – (drench or submerge or be drenched or
submerged; ”The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor”)


dress

verb –1. (15) dress, get dressed – (put on clothes; ”we had to dress
quickly”; ”dress the patient”; ”Can the child dress by herself?”)


dribble

verb –1. (2) trickle, dribble, ﬁlter – (run or ﬂow slowly, as in drops or
in an unsteady stream; ”water trickled onto the lawn from the broken
hose”; ”reports began to dribble in”)


drill

verb –1. (21) bore, drill – (make a hole, especially with a pointed
power or hand tool; ”don’t drill here, there’s a gas pipe”; ”drill a hole
into the wall”; ”drill for oil”; ”carpenter bees are boring holes into the
wall”)


drink

verb –1. (30) drink, imbibe – (take in liquids; ”The patient must
drink several liters each day”; ”The children like to drink soda”)


drive

verb –1. (56) drive – (operate or control a vehicle; ”drive a car or
bus”; ”Can you drive this four-wheel truck?”)


drizzle

verb –1. drizzle, mizzle – (rain lightly; ”When it drizzles in summer,
hiking can be pleasant”)


drop

verb –1. (36) drop – (let fall to the ground; ”Don’t drop the dishes”)


drown

verb –1. (3) submerge, drown, overwhelm – (cover completely or
make imperceptible; ”I was drowned in work”; ”The noise drowned
out her speech”)


drub

verb –. cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick – (beat thoroughly and
conclusively in a competition or ﬁght; ”We licked the other team on
Sunday!”)


drug

verb –1. (1) drug, dose – (administer a drug to; ”They drugged the
kidnapped tourist”)


dry

verb –1. (12) dry, dry out – (remove the moisture from and make
dry; ”dry clothes”; ”dry hair”)


dub

verb –1. (2) dub, nickname – (give a nickname to)


duck

verb –1. (10) duck – (to move (the head or body) quickly downwards
or away; ”Before he could duck, another stone struck him”)


dull

verb –1. (1) dull – (make dull in appearance; ”Age had dulled the
surface”)


dump

verb –1. (12) dump – (throw away as refuse; ”No dumping in these
woods!”)


dunk

verb –1. (1) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse – (immerse brieﬂy into a
liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; ”dip the garment into the
cleaning solution”; ”dip the brush into the paint”)


dupe

verb –. (1) gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across – (fool or hoax; ”The immigrant was duped
because he trusted everyone”; ”You can’t fool me!”)


duplicate

verb –1. (3) duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate – (make
or do or perform again; ”He could never replicate his brilliant
performance of the magic trick”)


dust

verb –1. (3) dust – (remove the dust from; ”dust the cabinets”)


dwarf

verb –1. (3) shadow, overshadow, dwarf – (make appear small by
comparison; ”This year’s debt dwarfs that of last year”)


dye

verb –. (1) dye – (color with dye; ”Please dye these shoes”)


dynamite

verb –. (1) dynamite – (blow up with dynamite; ”The rock was
dynamited”)


e-mail

verb –. e-mail, email, netmail – (communicate electronically on the
computer; ”she e-mailed me the good news”)


eagle

verb –1. eagle, double birdie – (shoot two strokes under par; ”She
eagled the hole”)


earmark

verb –. allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve – (give or
assign a resource to a particular person or cause; ”I will earmark this
money for your research”; ”She sets aside time for meditation every
day”)


earn

verb –1. (19) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in,
bring in – (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
salary or wages; ”How much do you make a month in your new job?”;
”She earns a lot in her new job”; ”this merger brought in lots of
money”; ”He clears 5,000 each month”)


ease

verb –1. (4) ease – (move gently or carefully; ”He eased himself into
the chair”)


eat

verb –1. (61) eat – (take in solid food; ”She was eating a banana”;
”What did you eat for dinner last night?”)


echo

verb –1. (5) repeat, echo – (to say again or imitate; ”followers
echoing the cries of their leaders”)


eclipse

verb –1. (1) overshadow, dominate, eclipse – (be greater in
signiﬁcance than; ”the tragedy overshadowed the couple’s happiness”)


economize

verb –1. (4) conserve, husband, economize, economise – (use
cautiously and frugally; ”I try to economize my spare time”;
”conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit”)


edge

verb –1. (3) edge, inch – (advance slowly, as if by inches; ”He edged
towards the car”)


edit

verb –1. (1) edit, redact – (prepare for publication or presentation by
correcting, revising, or adapting; ”Edit a book on lexical semantics”;
”she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most
personal passages”)


educate

verb –1. (7) educate – (give an education to; ”We must educate our
youngsters better”)


effect

verb –1. (17) effect, effectuate, set up – (produce; ”The scientists
set up a shock wave”)


eject

verb –1. (2) eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out –
(put out or expel from a place; ”The unruly student was excluded
from the game”)


elaborate

verb –1. (7) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, ﬂesh
out, expand, expound, dilate – (add details, as to an account or idea;
clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in
writing; ”She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation”)


elbow

verb –1. (1) elbow – (push one’s way with the elbows)


elect

verb –1. (21) elect – (select by a vote for an oﬃce or membership;
”We elected him chairman of the board”)


electrify

verb –1. electrify – (excite suddenly and intensely; ”The news
electriﬁed us”)


electrocute

verb –1. electrocute – (kill by electric shock; ”She dropped the hair
dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted”)


elevate

verb –1. (3) promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
– (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; ”John was
kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”; ”Women tend not to
advance in the major law ﬁrms”; ”I got promoted after many years of
hard work”)


elicit

verb –1. (6) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, ﬁre, raise, provoke
– (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arouse pity”; ”raise
a smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)


eliminate

verb –1. (40) extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with –
(terminate, end, or take out; ”Let’s eliminate the course on Akkadian
hieroglyphics”; ”Socialism extinguished these archaic customs”;
”eliminate my debts”)


elucidate

verb –1. (1) clarify, clear up, elucidate – (make clear and (more)
comprehensible; ”clarify the mystery surrounding her death”)


elude

verb –1. (2) elude, evade, bilk – (escape, either physically or
mentally; ”The thief eluded the police”; ”This diﬃcult idea seems to
evade her”; ”The event evades explanation”)


emancipate

verb –1. (1) emancipate, liberate – (give equal rights to; of women
and minorities)


emasculate

verb –1. (1) emasculate, castrate – (deprive of strength or vigor;
”The Senate emasculated the law”)


embalm

verb –. embalm – (preserve a dead body)


embarrass

verb –1. (1) embarrass, abash – (cause to be embarrassed; cause to
feel self-conscious)


embed

verb –1. (2) implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant – (ﬁx or set
securely or deeply; ”He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”;
”The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”)


embezzle

verb –. (2) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
– (appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to
one’s own use; ”The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while
working for the wealthy family”)


embitter

verb –. (1) embitter, envenom, acerbate – (cause to be bitter or
resentful; ”These injustices embittered her even more”)


emblazon

verb –1. color, colour, emblazon – (decorate with colors; ”color the
walls with paint in warm tones”)


embody

verb –1. (3) incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate – (represent
in bodily form; ”He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system”;
”The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist”)


embolden

verb –. (1) cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden – (give encouragement
to)


emboss

verb –. (1) emboss, boss, stamp – (raise in a relief; ”embossed
stationery”)


embrace

verb –1. (5) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover – (include in
scope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere or
territory; ”This group encompasses a wide range of people from
diﬀerent backgrounds”; ”this should cover everyone in the group”)


embroider

verb –1. (2) embroider, broider – (decorate with needlework)


embroil

verb –. (1) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in – (force
into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; ”They
were swept up by the events”; ”don’t drag me into this business”)


emit

verb –1. (2) emit, breathe, pass oﬀ – (expel (gases or odors))


emote

verb –. emote – (give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie
role)


empathize

verb –. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand –
(be understanding of; ”You don’t need to explain–I understand!”)


emphasise

verb –1. underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise – (give extra
weight to (a communication); ”Her gesture emphasized her words”)


emphasize

verb –1. (26) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent,
accentuate – (to stress, single out as important; ”Dr. Jones
emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”)


employ

verb –1. (42) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ – (put into service;
make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or
natural purpose; ”use your head!”; ”we only use Spanish at home”; ”I
can’t use this tool”; ”Apply a magnetic ﬁeld here”; ”This thinking
was applied to many projects”; ”How do you utilize this tool?”; ”I
apply this rule to get good results”; ”use the plastic bags to store the
food”; ”He doesn’t know how to use a computer”)


empower

verb –1. (1) empower, authorise, authorize – (give or delegate power
or authority to; ”She authorized her assistant to sign the papers”)


empty

verb –1. (4) empty – (make void or empty of contents; ”Empty the
box”; ”The alarm emptied the building”)


emulate

verb –1. (2) emulate – (strive to equal or match, especially by
imitating; ”He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister”)


enable

verb –. (44) enable – (render capable or able for some task; ”This
skill will enable you to ﬁnd a job on Wall Street”; ”The rope enables
you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain”)


enact

verb –1. (13) ordain, enact – (order by virtue of superior authority;
decree; ”The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the
Jews”; ”the legislature enacted this law in 1985”)


encapsulate

verb –1. encapsulate – (enclose in a capsule or other small container)


encase

verb –. (1) encase, incase, case – (enclose in, or as if in, a case; ”my
feet were encased in mud”)


enchant

verb –1. (2) enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral,
delight – (hold spellbound)


encircle

verb –1. encircle, circle – (form a circle around; ”encircle the errors”)


encode

verb –. encode – (convert information into code; ”encode pictures
digitally”)


encompass

verb –. (4) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover – (include in
scope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere or
territory; ”This group encompasses a wide range of people from
diﬀerent backgrounds”; ”this should cover everyone in the group”)


encounter

verb –1. (17) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
– (come together; ”I’ll probably see you at the meeting”; ”How nice
to see you again!”)


encourage

verb –1. (53) promote, advance, boost, further, encourage –
(contribute to the progress or growth of; ”I am promoting the use of
computers in the classroom”)


encrypt

verb –. code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in
code – (convert ordinary language into code; ”We should encode the
message for security reasons”)


end

verb –1. (53) end, stop, ﬁnish, terminate, cease – (have an end, in a
temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
”the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”; ”Your rights stop
where you infringe upon the rights of other”; ”My property ends by
the bushes”; ”The symphony ends in a pianissimo”)


endanger

verb –1. (3) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,
imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollution
is endangering the crops”)


endear

verb –. (3) endear – (make attractive or lovable; ”This behavior
endeared her to me”)


endorse

verb –1. (7) back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support –
(be behind; approve of; ”He plumped for the Labor Party”; ”I backed
Kennedy in 1960”)


endure

verb –1. (6) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate,
support, brook, abide, suﬀer, put up – (put up with something or
somebody unpleasant; ”I cannot bear his constant criticism”; ”The
new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks”; ”he
learned to tolerate the heat”; ”She stuck out two years in a miserable
marriage”)


energize

verb –1. (1) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up –
(cause to be alert and energetic; ”Coﬀee and tea stimulate me”;
”This herbal infusion doesn’t stimulate”)


enforce

verb –1. (17) enforce, implement, apply – (ensure observance of laws
and rules; ”Apply the rules to everyone”;)


engage

verb –1. (31) prosecute, engage, pursue – (carry out or participate in
an activity; be involved in; ”She pursued many activities”; ”They
engaged in a discussion”)


engender

verb –1. (6) engender, breed, spawn – (call forth)


engineer

verb –1. engineer – (design as an engineer; ”He engineered the water
supply project”)


engrave

verb –1. (1) scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe – (carve, cut, or etch
into a material or surface; ”engrave a pen”; ”engraved the trophy
cupt with the winner’s”; ”the lovers scratched their names into the
bark of the tree”)


engross

verb –1. (1) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
– (devote (oneself) fully to; ”He immersed himself into his studies”)


engulf

verb –1. (3) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
– (devote (oneself) fully to; ”He immersed himself into his studies”)


enhance

verb –1. (5) enhance, heighten, raise – (increase; ”This will enhance
your enjoyment”; ”heighten the tension”)


enjoin

verb –1. (2) enjoin – (issue an injunction)


enjoy

verb –1. (52) enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour – (derive or receive
pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; ”She relished her
fame and basked in her glory”)


enlarge

verb –1. (7) enlarge – (make larger; ”She enlarged the ﬂower beds”)


enlighten

verb –1. enlighten, edify – (make understand; ”Can you enlighten
me–I don’t understand this proposal”)


enlist

verb –1. (7) enlist – (join the military)


enliven

verb –1. (1) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten or
intensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)


enmesh

verb –. (2) enmesh, mesh, ensnarl – (entangle or catch in (or as if in)
a mesh)


enrage

verb –. (1) enrage – (put into a rage; make violently angry)


enrich

verb –1. (7) enrich – (make better or improve in quality; ”The
experience enriched her understanding”; ”enriched foods”)


enrol

verb –. (3) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit – (register formally as
a participant or member; ”The party recruited many new members”)


enroll

verb –. (6) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit – (register formally as
a participant or member; ”The party recruited many new members”)


ensconce

verb –. (1) ensconce, settle – (ﬁx ﬁrmly; ”He ensconced himself in
the chair”)


enshrine

verb –1. (1) enshrine, shrine – (enclose in a shrine; ”the saint’s bones
were enshrined in the cathedral”)


enslave

verb –. enslave – (make a slave of; bring into servitude)


ensure

verb –1. (6) guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure – (make certain
of; ”This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us”; ”Preparation
will guarantee success!”)


entail

verb –1. (7) entail, imply, mean – (have as a logical consequence;
”The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long
showers”)


entangle

verb –1. entangle, mire – (entrap; ”Our people should not be mired
in the past”)


enter

verb –1. (85) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move
into – (to come or go into; ”the boat entered an area of shallow
marshes”)


entertain

verb –1. (24) entertain – (provide entertainment for)


enthrall

verb –. (1) enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral,
delight – (hold spellbound)


enthrone

verb –1. (1) invest, vest, enthrone – (provide with power and
authority; ”They vested the council with special rights”)


entice

verb –. (1) entice, lure, tempt – (provoke someone to do something
through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; ”He
lured me into temptation”)


entitle

verb –1. (17) entitle – (give the right to; ”The Freedom of
Information Act entitles you to request your FBI ﬁle”)


entomb

verb –. (1) bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest – (place in a
grave or tomb; ”Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red
Square”; ”The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids”; ”My
grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday”)


entrench

verb –1. (1) entrench, intrench – (ﬁx ﬁrmly or securely)


entrust

verb –1. (3) entrust, intrust, trust, conﬁde, commit – (confer a trust
upon; ”The messenger was entrusted with the general’s secret”; ”I
commit my soul to God”)


enumerate

verb –1. (1) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise – (specify
individually; ”She enumerated the many obstacles she had
encountered”; ”The doctor recited the list of possible side eﬀects of
the drug”)


enunciate

verb –1. (1) pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate,
say – (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; ”She pronounces
French words in a funny way”; ”I cannot say ‘zip wire’”; ”Can the
child sound out this complicated word?”)


envelop

verb –. (3) envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose – (enclose or
enfold completely with or as if with a covering; ”Fog enveloped the
house”)


envisage

verb –. (2) imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage – (form a mental
image of something that is not present or that is not the case; ”Can
you conceive of him as the president?”)


envision

verb –1. (4) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, ﬁgure,
picture, image – (imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; ”I can’t see
him on horseback!”; ”I can see what will happen”; ”I can see a risk in
this strategy”)


envy

verb –1. (9) envy – (feel envious towards; admire enviously)


equal

verb –1. (13) equal, be – (be identical or equivalent to; ”One dollar
equals 1,000 rubles these days!”)


equalize

verb –1. equalize, equalise, get even – (compensate; make the score
equal)


equate

verb –1. (8) compare, liken, equate – (consider or describe as similar,
equal, or analogous; ”We can compare the Han dynasty to the
Romans”; ”You cannot equate success in ﬁnancial matters with
greed”)


equip

verb –1. (11) equip, fit, fit out, outfit – (provide with (something)
usually for a specific purpose; ”The expedition was equipped with
proper clothing, food, and other necessities”)


eradicate

verb –1. (2) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out,
decimate, carry oﬀ – (kill in large numbers; ”the plague wiped out an
entire population”)


erase

verb –1. (5) erase, wipe out – (remove from memory or existence;
”The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”)


erect

verb –1. (17) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up – (construct, build, or
erect; ”Raise a barn”)


erode

verb –1. (1) erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away – (become
ground down or deteriorate; ”Her conﬁdence eroded”)


escalate

verb –. escalate, intensify, step up – (increase in extent or intensity;
”The Allies escalated the bombing”)


escape

verb –1. (22) escape, get away, break loose – (run away from
conﬁnement; ”The convicted murderer escaped from a high security
prison”)


eschew

verb –. (2) shun, eschew – (avoid and stay away from deliberately;
stay clear of)


escort

verb –1. (7) escort – (accompany as an escort; ”She asked her older
brother to escort her to the ball”)


espouse

verb –1. (3) adopt, follow, espouse – (choose and follow; as of
theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; ”She followed the feminist
movement”; ”The candidate espouses Republican ideals”)


establish

verb –1. (50) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found;
”She set up a literacy program”)


esteem

verb –1. (1) respect, esteem, value, prize, prise – (regard highly;
think much of; ”I respect his judgement”; ”We prize his creativity”)


estimate

verb –1. (34) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge – (judge
tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); ”I estimate
this chicken to weigh three pounds”)


etch

verb –1. (1) etch – (make an etching of; ”He etched her image into
the surface”)


eulogize

verb –. (2) eulogize, eulogise – (praise formally and eloquently; ”The
dead woman was eulogized at the funeral”)


evacuate

verb –1. (1) evacuate – (move out of an unsafe location into safety;
”After the earthquake, residents were evacuated”)


evade

verb –1. (3) hedge, fudge, evade, put oﬀ, circumvent, parry, elude,
skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep – (avoid or try to avoid fulﬁlling,
answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); ”He dodged
the issue”; ”she skirted the problem”; ”They tend to evade their
responsibilities”; ”he evaded the questions skillfully”)


evaluate

verb –1. (18) measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value –
(evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or
signiﬁcance of; ”I will have the family jewels appraised by a
professional”; ”access all the factors when taking a risk”)


evaporate

verb –1. (2) evaporate, vaporize, vaporise – (lose or cause to lose
liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue;
”evaporate milk”)


even

verb –1. ﬂush, level, even out, even – (make level or straight; ”level
the ground”)


evict

verb –1. evict – (expel or eject without recourse to legal process;
”The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes
every morning at 3 a.m.”)


evidence

verb –1. (10) attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence –
(provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one’s behavior,
attitude, or external attributes; ”His high fever attested to his
illness”; ”The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural
sophistication”; ”This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness”)


evince

verb –. express, show, evince – (give expression to; ”She showed her
disappointment”)


eviscerate

verb –1. resect, eviscerate – (surgically remove a part of a structure
or an organ)


evoke

verb –1. (10) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, ﬁre, raise,
provoke – (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arouse
pity”; ”raise a smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)


evolve

verb –1. (3) evolve, germinate, develop – (work out; ”We have
developed a new theory of evolution”)


exacerbate

verb –1. (2) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate – (make
worse; ”This drug aggravates the pain”)


exact

verb –1. (1) demand, exact – (claim as due or just; ”The bank
demanded payment of the loan”)


exaggerate

verb –1. (14) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize,
hyperbolise, magnify, amplify – (to enlarge beyond bounds or the
truth; ”tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old
South’ imagery”)


exalt

verb –1. (2) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, or
honor; ”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’s
cooking”)


examine

verb –1. (17) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas –
(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”)


exasperate

verb –1. (1) exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate – (exasperate or
irritate)


excavate

verb –1. excavate, unearth – (recover through digging; ”Schliemann
excavated Troy”; ”excavate gold”)


exceed

verb –1. (21) exceed, transcend, surpass – (be greater in scope or
size than some standard; ”Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds”)


excerpt

verb –. excerpt, extract, take out – (take out of a literary work in
order to cite or copy)


exchange

verb –1. (10) exchange, change, interchange – (give to, and receive
from, one another; ”Would you change places with me?”; ”We have
been exchanging letters for a year”)


excise

verb –1. (1) strike, scratch, expunge, excise – (remove by erasing or
crossing out or as if by drawing a line; ”Please strike this remark from
the record”; ”scratch that remark”)


excite

verb –1. (8) excite – (arouse or elicit a feeling)


exclaim

verb –1. (8) exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout – (utter
aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; ”‘I won!’ he exclaimed”;
”‘Help!’ she cried”; ”‘I’m here,’ the mother shouted when she saw
her child looking lost”)


exclude

verb –1. (15) exclude, except, leave out, leave oﬀ, omit, take out –
(prevent from being included or considered or accepted; ”The bad
results were excluded from the report”; ”Leave oﬀ the top piece”)


excommunicate

verb –1. (2) excommunicate, unchurch, curse – (exclude from a
church or a religious community; ”The gay priest was
excommunicated when he married his partner”)


excoriate

verb –1. (1) condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate –
(express strong disapproval of; ”We condemn the racism in South
Africa”; ”These ideas were reprobated”)


excrete

verb –. excrete, egest, eliminate, pass – (eliminate from the body;
”Pass a kidney stone”)


excruciate

verb –1. torment, torture, excruciate, rack – (torment emotionally or
mentally)


excuse

verb –1. (2) excuse, pardon – (accept an excuse for; ”Please excuse
my dirty hands”)


execute

verb –1. (2) execute, put to death – (kill as a means of socially
sanctioned punishment; ”In some states, criminals are executed”)


exemplify

verb –1. (2) exemplify, represent – (be characteristic of; ”This
compositional style is exempliﬁed by this fugue”)


exempt

verb –1. (1) exempt, relieve, free – (grant relief or an exemption
from a rule or requirement to; ”She exempted me from the exam”)


exercise

verb –1. (14) exert, exercise – (put to use; ”exert one’s power or
inﬂuence”)


exert

verb –1. (12) exert, exercise – (put to use; ”exert one’s power or
inﬂuence”)


exhale

verb –1. (2) exhale, expire, breathe out – (expel air; ”Exhale when
you lift the weight”)


exhaust

verb –1. (4) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out – (wear out
completely; ”This kind of work exhausts me”; ”I’m beat”; ”He was all
washed up after the exam”)


exhibit

verb –1. (13) exhibit – (show an attribute, property, knowledge, or
skill; ”he exhibits a great talent”)


exhilarate

verb –. exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify – (ﬁll
with sublime emotion; ”The children were thrilled at the prospect of
going to the movies”; ”He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”)


exhort

verb –1. cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep
up – (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; ”The
crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”)


exhume

verb –. disinter, exhume – (dig up for reburial or for medical
investigation; of dead bodies)


exile

verb –. (1) expatriate, deport, exile – (expel from a country; ”The
poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the
government’s actions”)


exit

verb –1. exit, go out, get out, leave – (move out of or depart from;
”leave the room”; ”the fugitive has left the country”)


exonerate

verb –. (1) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate –
(pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; ”The suspect was cleared
of the murder charges”)


expand

verb –1. (7) expand, spread out – (extend in one or more directions;
”The dough expands”)


expatriate

verb –1. expatriate, deport, exile – (expel from a country; ”The poet
was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government’s
actions”)


expect

verb –1. (204) expect, anticipate – (regard something as probable or
likely; ”The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”)


expedite

verb –1. (2) expedite, hasten – (speed up the progress of; facilitate;
”This should expedite the process”)


expel

verb –1. (3) expel, throw out, kick out – (force to leave or move out;
”He was expelled from his native country”)


expend

verb –1. (7) use, expend – (use up, consume fully; ”The legislature
expended its time on school questions”)


experience

verb –1. (18) experience, see, go through – (go or live through; ”We
had many trials to go through”; ”he saw action in Viet Nam”)


explain

verb –1. (109) explain, explicate – (make plain and comprehensible;
”He explained the laws of physics to his students”)


explicate

verb –1. explain, explicate – (make plain and comprehensible; ”He
explained the laws of physics to his students”)


explode

verb –1. (14) explode, detonate, blow up, set oﬀ – (cause to burst
with a violent release of energy; ”We exploded the nuclear bomb”)


exploit

verb –1. (8) exploit, work – (use or manipulate to one’s advantage;
”He exploit the new taxation system”; ”She knows how to work the
system”; ”he works his parents for sympathy”)


explore

verb –1. (14) research, search, explore – (inquire into; ”the students
had to research the history of the Second World War for their history
project”; ”He searched for information on his relatives on the web”;
”Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness”)


export

verb –1. (4) export – (sell or transfer abroad; ”we export less than
we import and have a negative trade balance”)


expose

verb –1. (14) expose – (expose or make accessible to some action or
inﬂuence; ”Expose your students to art”; ”expose the blanket to
sunshine”)


expound

verb –1. (3) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, ﬂesh
out, expand, expound, dilate – (add details, as to an account or idea;
clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in
writing; ”She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation”)


express

verb –1. (59) express, show, evince – (give expression to; ”She
showed her disappointment”)


expropriate

verb –. expropriate – (deprive of possessions; ”The Communist
government expropriated the landowners”)


expunge

verb –. (1) strike, scratch, expunge, excise – (remove by erasing or
crossing out or as if by drawing a line; ”Please strike this remark from
the record”; ”scratch that remark”)


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