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impeach collapse: charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office; "The President was impeached"; challenge the honesty or veracity of; "the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses"

examine collapse: question closely; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

enlighten collapse: give spiritual insight to; in religion; make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

focus on collapse: center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"

retrieve collapse: run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"

logic collapse: reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"; a system of reasoning; the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation; "economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war"; the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations; the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

draw out collapse: cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"; make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

incidentally collapse: in an incidental manner; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"

introduce collapse: put before (a body); "introduce legislation"; cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"; bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.; bring in or establish in a new place or environment; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits"; bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced"

compare collapse: examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"; 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"; to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb; be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"

invalidate collapse: take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"; show to be invalid; declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

enact collapse: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

elucidation collapse: an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on

rekindle collapse: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"; kindle anew, as of a fire

pillory collapse: a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn; punish by putting in a pillory; expose to ridicule or public scorn

sift collapse: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"; move as if through a sieve; "The soldiers sifted through the woods"

unbalanced collapse: debits and credits are not equal; being or thrown out of equilibrium

conclude collapse: bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation; reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"; come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"

prefer collapse: like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"; promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"; give preference to one creditor over another

realize collapse: make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"; expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass; convert into cash; of goods and property

round out collapse: make bigger or better or more complete; fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"

sire collapse: male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse; a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

crusade collapse: any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims; go on a crusade; fight a holy war; exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

proof collapse: a trial photographic print from a negative; any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it"; (printing) an impression made to check for errors; a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it; a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume); make resistant (to harm); "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"; activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk; "proof yeast"; knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough"; make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset

presuppose collapse: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"; take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"

replenish collapse: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

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