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transgress collapse: pass beyond (limits or boundaries); act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"; spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

thresh collapse

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

swoop down upon collapse

keep house collapse

graven collapse: cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations"

specialize collapse: become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"; suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"; devote oneself to a special area of work; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This plumber specialized in jacuzzis"

abet collapse: assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

define collapse: give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"; determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"; show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"

compensate collapse: make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"; make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident"; adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance"

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

amend collapse: make amendments to; "amend the document"

husband collapse: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

impressed collapse

misprize collapse

propensity collapse

embitter collapse: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

uncouple collapse: disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds"

high society collapse

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

sleep on collapse

extirpate collapse: surgically remove (an organ)

redecorate collapse: redo the decoration of an apartment or house

ensconce collapse: fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

introduce collapse: put before (a body); "introduce legislation"; cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"; bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.; bring in or establish in a new place or environment; "introduce a rule"; "introduce exotic fruits"; bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced"

justify collapse: adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"; show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"; show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"

vested collapse: fixed and absolute and without contingency; "a vested right"

split hairs collapse

differentiate collapse: become distinct and acquire a different character; become different during development; "cells differentiate"; calculate a derivative; take the derivative

sneeze at collapse

beget collapse: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

monde collapse

smarten up collapse

ring in collapse

pop in collapse: enter briefly; "He popped in for two minutes"

proclivity collapse: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"

heat up collapse: make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up"

locate collapse: discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"; assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"

circumscribe collapse: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"; to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

set right collapse

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