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own collapse: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

enjoy collapse: have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"; derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"; have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

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

dominate collapse: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"; be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her"; look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

preoccupy collapse: engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"; occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"

infatuate collapse: arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"

obsess collapse: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"

partake collapse: consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"; have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"; have some of the qualities or attributes of something

retain collapse: keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"; secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"; allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"

perceive collapse: become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"; to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

monopolize collapse: have or exploit a monopoly of; "OPEC wants to monopolize oil"; have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer"

hoodoo collapse: something believed to bring bad luck; a practitioner of voodoo; (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"; bring back luck; be a source of misfortune

understand collapse: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"; believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"; make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

acquire collapse: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

compel collapse: force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

spook collapse: frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

recognize collapse: perceive to be the same; be fully aware or cognizant of; detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"; show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"; exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)

madden collapse: make mad; "His behavior is maddening"; drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves; cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

haunt collapse: a frequently visited place; haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

govern collapse: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"; exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"; require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

hex collapse: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"; cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

seize collapse: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"; take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"; take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"; hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"

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