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W1913 [1]
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WN [2]
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OED [3]
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RHU [4]
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CC [5]
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DCE [6]
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MW3 [7]
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AH4 [8]
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MQ4 [9]
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| achieve (a goal, etc.)
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21
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52c (mostly US), 52e (figurative)
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35
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9
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(included in 22a)
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10
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| act as if about to (~ to)
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35
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35b, 64b
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15
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1b, 2bII
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23, 2II
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| act in a given fashion (~ merry)
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1II
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48
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40
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7 (intr)
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2aII (~ as if). 2cII
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1II
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33
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| act so as to acquire
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19
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24a
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14b
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| add up to
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32
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20
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10
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15
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20c
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19b
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18
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| allege to be the case
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42a (obsolete), 42b
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| amount to; bring about (~ a difference)
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33
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20
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2a? (obsolete), 20a
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19c
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20
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16a
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4
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5
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18
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10b
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4b
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4
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| arrange the time and place for
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15b (obsolete)
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11c
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| arrive at
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8
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13, 22
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52b
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27
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22 (dated)
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22a
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12a
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25
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| arrive at in time; catch
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37
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52e
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28, 29 (in time to ride)
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23
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26c
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12b
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26
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| assemble (a group)
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17a, 17c ( a party)
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3
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| assemble so as to form; put together (~ X from Y)
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25
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36a
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6
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6
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| assure success for
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1h
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41
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69a
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24
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9
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26 (make perfect)
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19
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15a
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22
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| attain a given rank
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52h (colloquial, originally naval)
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29 (informal, mostly US)
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22b
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13a
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| attain a score
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27b
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17 (sports)
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24c (score points)
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14c (score points)
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30 (sports)
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| backgammon: take possession of a point
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13b
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| be able to attend
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8 (spoken)
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| be manufactured or processed
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8II
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6II
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| be mentioned on (~ the news)
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52j
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31
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28 (informal)
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23
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| be one's business
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47a (only in questions)
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(included in 5II?)
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| be reckoned as (that ~ the fifth time)
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20d
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| be significant in relation to something
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23a
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13
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| be sold for; fetch
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26c
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| be suitable for
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31
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2b?
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23
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20
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| bowling: convert a split to a spare, or score a spare by means of a split
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13d
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| bridge: fulfil a contract/bid
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(included in 27a)
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34c
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24c
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25a
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29c
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| bring
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14a (obsolete)
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| bring about; perform
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1c
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16
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9b (bring about), IV (do)
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2
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16a
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9b
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| bring forth; yield as a product (~ good wine)
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18a
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| calculate; reckon
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44
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35c
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18
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16
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7a
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18b
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17
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| carry out mentally
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16
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7b?
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| carry out; commit
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24
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43a (obsolete),k 45
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14
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| cause oneself to be as specified (~ sure)
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39
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32
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| cause someone to experience
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9 (obsolete)
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(included in 2b)
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| cause to appear (~ a mark)
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10a
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6
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| cause to be done
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39c (obsolete)
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2b
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| cause to be enjoyable (~ one's day)
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45
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22
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| cause to be somewhere
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47b (only in questions)
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| cause to become (~ a friend)
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16b, 33a
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| charge with a crime
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36b (slang)
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| close a circuit
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37
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26
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13c
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31
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| conclude, enter into (an agreement)
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43c (legal)
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12?
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| consider to be
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43
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35
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15a?, 15b
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18c
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| constitute; make up
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6
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12, 15
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22a
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19
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6
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21c
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19a
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19
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| cook; prepare food
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39
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3a
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3
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8a
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| create (God ~ the world)
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2a
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2e
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| create artistically (~ a movie)
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9
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4c
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| create; cause to exist
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1
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3
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II
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2
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3
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(included in 1?)
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2c
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1
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2
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| cultivate and produce a crop
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3c (southern US), 11a, 38
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38 (Southern US)
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2f (mostly Southern US & Midwest)
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| declare (~ the price)
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16c (vernacular, stock market)
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11c
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| defecate
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29 (*)
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| deliver (~ a speech)
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43h
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25
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17
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23
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| descry; make out
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1f
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7
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32a (nautical)
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26a
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| determine to be; set down as
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33e
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| develop into; prove to be
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47
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24
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15
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8
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21b
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14
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| draw up (a document) with requisite formalities
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1d
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7; 30d (case or title)
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12
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2
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11b
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11b
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11
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| eat (a meal)
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48
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17b
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| effect; cause to occur
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5
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13
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(included in 14)
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4?
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(included in 2c)
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8
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| engage in; do (~ a fuss, ~ war)
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7 (obsolete)
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1
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43e
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9
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21
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(included in 2)
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(included in 16a)
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9a
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| establish; enact
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23
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15a
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14
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11a
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11a
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13
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| esteem; suppose
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3
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17 (~ of it)
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18
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18a
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16
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| extend in a certain direction
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59c (US, Australia). 59d
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6II
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| fabricate; fashion; construct (in a certain way)
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1a
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11, 17 (construct)
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1a
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1
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1
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1
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4a
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2
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1
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| favor development of; give rise to
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3II
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46
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2d; 7II?
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15b
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| form (of ice)
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58b (North America)
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| form mentally; formulate (~ plans)
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30
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5
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7a
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15
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| furnish material for
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5
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14, 30
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22b, 36b
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21 (material for action), 41 (material for object)
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11
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21a
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16
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| gain inclusion in
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52i
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30 (informal) 32
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22c
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13b
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27
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| gain; acquire
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1e
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10
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26a
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10
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20
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10 (money)
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23
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14a
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9
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| give birth to / sire
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19a
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3 (give birth) (obsolete)
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| golf: be within shot of the hole
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52e (golf)
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| have sex with
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33 (slang)
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27b
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(included in 28)
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| have the necessary or essential qualities; suffice for
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34
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21a
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22
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11
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20b
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21
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21
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| have the position of
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25a
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| hew or cut wood
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68 (dialectal)
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| include in classification
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30c (obsolete)
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| increase
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4II (*)
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| increase in weight; grow (of a tree)
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28
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| incur (a loss)
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49a
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| induce; cause to do
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4 (compel)
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4, 8 (compel)
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39a, 40a (by force)
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8
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4
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5 (force)
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18
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6a, 6b (compel)
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7
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| inflect in a given way
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13 (grammar, rare)
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| interfere
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(included in 1II)
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5II (now dialectal)
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| interpret
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17c2 (obsolete)
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| kill or catch (game/fish)
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17e
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| lay out and construct
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4c
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| let be (~ that a double)
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35g (colloquial, originally US)
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| make to order (~ and mend)
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1d (mostly UK)
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| mark a time of day
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35f (nautical, obsolete)
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11d
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| mature (corn ~)
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(included in 3c)
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44 (Southern US)
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| name the trump
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34a (cards)
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29a (cards)
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| offer, render (~ amends)
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44a (obsolete outside of set phrases)
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| organize (~ a party)
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26 (*)
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| pair or mate with
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1II
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| perform a given movement (~ a bow)
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43d
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16b
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| perform a sacrament
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43g (mostly Catholicism)
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| prepare a site for
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8
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| prepare someone
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64a (oneself) (obsolete, mostly Scottish), 64c (obsolete), 64d (obsolete, Scottish)
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| prepare, set in order (~ a fire, ~ a bed)
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38 (fire), 27 (bed)
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5 (fire), 62 (bed)
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5 (~ a bed)
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12 (~ a bed)
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10a (fire), 10b (bed)
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8b (bed), 8c (fire)
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5 (bed)
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| preserve fish
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72 (now mostly Newfoundland)
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9a (dialect)
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| pretend to be
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42
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35a (reflexive), 51a (obsolete)
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19
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2dII (slang)
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5II (slang)
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| proceed
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2II
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28, 36
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70a (reflexive) (obsolete)
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42
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3II
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4II
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34
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| produce something artificial (make up)
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1b
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6
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6?
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3b (substance)
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| promote in rank
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16e (mostly nautical), 33b (~ Pope)
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| provide a meal
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14 (obsolete)
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| put forth (an effort)
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50
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| put into a given state
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2
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2
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34a, 34d (past participial complement), 61 (obsolete)
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3
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7
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5a
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3
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| recognize
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52f (criminal/police slang)
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36a (slang)
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26d (slang)
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| render (~ a decision)
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44c (legal, mostly US)
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| represent in a painting
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1c (obsolete, rare)
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| rise or intensify (esp. of water)
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58a (or to flow or increase strength) (nautical)
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43
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27
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4II
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7II
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35
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| rob (someone)
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26d (criminal slang)
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| score points
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25 (cricket only)
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| seduce
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40
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52g (slang)
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30 (slang, offensive)
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27a
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24 (slang)
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28 (colloquial)
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| send in a given direction
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41 (obsolete, rare)
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14b ("put") (obsolete)
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| show a given emotion (~ cheer)
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46a (obsolete)
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| shuffle the deck
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75 (cards)
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34d
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24b
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8c
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29d (cards)
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| shut, make fast
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63 (archaic, dialectal)
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13a (dialectal)
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| steal; pilfer
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26b (dialectal or slang)
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24b (dialectal)
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| suffer (a misfortune)
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49c (obsolete)
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| take the trick with
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27a
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34b (cards)
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24a
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25b
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29b (cards)
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| to appear as, from offshore
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32b (obsolete, nautical), 59a (obsolete, nautical)
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| to dry or be dried in the sun (hay, corn, etc.)
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67
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9b
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| train (an animal), to a certain standard
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65a
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12 (mostly UK)
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| transform; convert (X into Y)
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18
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33c
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7
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17a?
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4
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6
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| translate
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16d (obsolete)
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17c1 (archaic)
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| travel a given distance
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52a
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22
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(included in 22a)
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20
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(included in 24)
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| travel at a given speed
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(included in 52a, as nautical)
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26
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(included in 22a)
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24 (US)
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| travel by or through
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34b (obsolete)
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26b
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| traverse, go on (~ one's rounds)
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43b
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15c
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| undergo (~ a bend)
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59b
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| urinate
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49 (*)
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| use for a given purpose
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16
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| work for a given amount of time
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53b
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| write; compose
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5II (archaic) (verses)
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4a (write), 4b (verses, obsolete)
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11 (write)
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4b, 1II (verses)
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7b
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10
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| yield a mineral (of a deposit)
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58c (mining, mostly Australian)
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9II
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