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carry through collapse: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

allege collapse: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

impute collapse: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"; attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

minimize collapse: make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"; cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"

spawn collapse: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs; lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

dramatize collapse: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"; put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

invite collapse: a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party"; ask someone in a friendly way to do something; request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"; ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"; increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"; invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"; have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"

rejuvenate collapse: become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather"; make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"; develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated"; cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land

refill collapse: a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook"; a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill"

generate collapse: bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; produce (energy); "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity"

acquire collapse: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

motivate collapse: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

remember collapse: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"; keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"; recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"; exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"; mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers"; show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"

get through collapse: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"; succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

think up collapse: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

convict collapse: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison; a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence; find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

dangle collapse: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"; hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

bring in collapse: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"; transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine"; submit (a verdict) to a court

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

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