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attend collapse: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"; take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"; be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"; to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation"

utter collapse: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"; put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"

improvise collapse: perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"; manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"

react collapse: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"; show a response or a reaction to something; act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"

restore collapse: give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner"; bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne"; return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"

imply collapse: express or state indirectly; suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic; have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"

confer collapse: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"; present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"

joust collapse: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

impel collapse: urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

transfer collapse: the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"; transferring ownership; application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation; a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances; someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU"; transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"; move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"; change from one vehicle or transportation line to another; "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"; cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"; move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"; transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

pass on collapse: give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children"

absolve collapse: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"; grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"

create collapse: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"; pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating"; bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"; invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer"

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

spiel collapse: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); speak at great length (about something)

commute collapse: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"; exchange a penalty for a less severe one; move from one side of an equation to the other side without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"; travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

charter collapse: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation; a contract to hire or lease transportation; grant a charter to

bespeak collapse: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

forgive collapse: stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"; absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt"

rumor collapse: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth; tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

relegate collapse: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

communicate collapse: transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"; transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"; administer communion; in church; be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"; join or connect; "The rooms communicated"

assign collapse: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"; decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"; transfer one's right to; give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"

replace collapse: substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"; put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

spend collapse: pay out; "spend money"; spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"; pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"

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