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renounce collapse: cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

bonus collapse: anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip"; an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

please collapse: used in polite request; "please pay attention"; give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"; give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"; be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"

endow collapse: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"; give qualities or abilities to

submit collapse: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"; submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"; refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"; yield to the control of another

indenture collapse: a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term; formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt; bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"

incitement collapse: something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

find collapse: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"; succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark"; perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"; obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"; come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"; come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

yield collapse: an amount of a product; consent reluctantly; cease opposition; stop fighting; bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"; be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"; give in, as to influence or pressure

accept collapse: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"; consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"; be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"; react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"; give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"; receive (a report) officially, as from a committee; receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"; admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"; be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"

democracy collapse: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives; a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

replenish collapse: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

applaud collapse: express approval of; "I applaud your efforts"; clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

spawn collapse: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs; lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

inducement collapse: act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep"

plus collapse: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"; on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C plus"

give way collapse: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

box office collapse: the office where tickets of admission are sold; total admission receipts for an entertainment

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

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