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portray collapse: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"; make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"; represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

cohabitation collapse: the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)

profess collapse: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"; take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"; receive into a religious order or congregation; state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

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

mimic collapse: someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress); constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"- Archibald Alison; imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"

intercede collapse: act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

sex collapse: the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"; all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence"; either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes"; tell the sex (of young chickens)

kindness collapse: a kind act; the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

mime collapse: a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

deed collapse: a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"; a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"

federate collapse: united under a central government; unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war"; enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"

ape collapse: any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all; imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"

epilogue collapse: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"; a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

hook up collapse: connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system"

adventure collapse: a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

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