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favorite collapse: something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"; appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction"

mummy collapse: a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

galvanize collapse: stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock; cover with zinc; "galvanize steel"

Bohemian collapse: a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life; a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic; unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a bohemian life style"; of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people

civilize collapse: raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

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

Messiah collapse: an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742; the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people; Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer; any expected deliverer

cling to collapse: hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"

educate collapse: give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"; train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

emend collapse: make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"

swinger collapse: a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex; someone who swings sports implements

innocent collapse: a person who lacks knowledge of evil; (used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather"; lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"; free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"; lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

impregnate collapse: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"; fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"; infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"; fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

masterpiece collapse: an outstanding achievement; the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

look to collapse: turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings"

breed collapse: a lineage or race of people; a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"; a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"; have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"; copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

conserve collapse: fruit preserved by cooking with sugar; preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"; use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"; keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"; keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process"

sweetheart collapse: any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart"; a person loved by another person; privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically); "another sweetheart deal based on political influence"

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