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respond collapse: respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"

scent collapse: an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced; catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"

conceive collapse: become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"

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"

sanction collapse: a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards; the act of final authorization; "it had the sanction of the church"; formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"; give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage"; give authority or permission to

admit collapse: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"; allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"; allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"; serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"; give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"; afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"

let collapse: a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again; leave unchanged; "let it be"; actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"; make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"

testify collapse: give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

occasion collapse: reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"; an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"; the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"; give occasion to

spray collapse: flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage; a jet of vapor; a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray of bullets"; a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying; water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall; scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall"; cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint"; be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor"

bless collapse: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"; make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate; confer prosperity or happiness on

allegorize collapse: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time"; interpret as an allegory

despair collapse: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

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

alienate collapse: make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"

surrender collapse: the delivery of a principal into lawful custody; give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"; relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another; relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

privilege collapse: a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all; (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship; bestow a privilege upon

meerschaum collapse: a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum; a white clayey mineral

remit collapse: diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"; forgive; "God will remit their sins"; refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision; release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted"; send (money) in payment; "remit $25"

brandish collapse: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"; exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword"

animate collapse: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"; belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings; "the word `dog' is animate"; give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

commit collapse: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

oust collapse: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"; remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

declare collapse: state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"; declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"; proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"; state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"; make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"; designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand; authorize payments of; "declare dividends"

reprieve collapse: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment; a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence); a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort; relieve temporarily; postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

reassure collapse: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"; cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

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