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verb
- To establish or apply by authority.
- To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
- To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
- to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
- To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
- to be an inconvenience (on or upon)
noun
- the act of governing; exercising authority
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of administering medication
- the tenure of a president
- the act of meting out justice according to the law
noun
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- a group of representatives or delegates
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a document giving an official instruction or command
- a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
prep
- Within the authority or jurisdiction of.
- Until.
- Incumbent upon; the obligation of; the duty of.
- Considering all members of an equivalence class the same.
- Doing; involved in.
- For the option or decision of.
- As much as; no more than.
- Next to; near; towards; as far as.
- Ready for.
- Capable of.
- Willing to participate in.
adj
adj
noun
- A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
- One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- The chief executive of a regency
- A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
noun
- the act of administering or being in charge of something
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- the state of being in operation
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
adj
- (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
- of advancing the ball by running
- executed or initiated by running
adj
noun
- Authority.
- Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
- An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
- An abusive or insulting epithet.
- A person (or legal person).
- Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
- Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
- Reputation.
verb
noun
- The act of instituting something.
- Any long established and respected place or business.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A mental institution.
- A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
noun
- A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
verb
- To teach someone to obey authority.
- To impose order on someone.
- To train someone by instruction and practice.
- To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
noun
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
- An enforced compliance or control.
- A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
verb
- To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
- To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing.
noun
verb
- exercise authority over; as of nations
- decide with authority
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- decide on and make a declaration about
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
- mark or draw with a ruler
- keep in check
noun
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power
- dominance or power through legal authority
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
- measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
noun
- Influence or authority over something.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
- A control group or control experiment.
- A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
verb
adj
- Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
- Capable of rational conduct and thus morally accountable for one's behavior.
- Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
- Answerable to (a superior).
- Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
- Having good judgment in decision-making.
- Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.
- In honor shame culture and patronage, the patron of the entity denoted by the prepositional phrase's compliment AKA object, the entity being its client. In this context the patron is usually being described analogously to a rump state that would govern the client, functioning as though it were a complaints department and a disciplinary apparatus by getting involved in any disputes involving the client, e.g. by acid attacking its own client or by taking revenge against the client's accuser.
noun
verb
noun
- Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
- A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
- A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
- The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
prep
- Indicates an authority according to which something is done.
- Following a passive verb.
- Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
- Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
- Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
- Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
- Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
- At, with, among
- Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
- Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
- Near or next to.
- Following a noun.
- Following an adjective.
- In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
- per; with or in proportion to each.
- Indicates a referenced source: According to.
- Invokes an authority in an oath.
- Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
- From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
adv
- Along a path which runs past the speaker.
- Aside, away.
- To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
- In the vicinity, near.
adj
adj
- having or wielding force or authority
- not faint or feeble
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- freshly made or left
- strong and sure
adj
noun
- The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
- A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power; this system of government.
- Extreme severity or rigour.
- Absolute power, or its use.
- A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
verb
- To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- To pass without interference; to miss.
- To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- To exceed a stated mark.
- To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
- To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- To obtain a clearance.
- To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- To earn a profit of; to net.
- To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
adj
- Free of obstacles.
- Good, the best.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Without clouds.
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- Transparent in colour.
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Better than, superior to.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without a thickening ingredient.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
noun
- A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
- Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
adv
verb
- To take to a destination or before an authority.
- To approach (an event or point in time).
- To accumulate (a debt).
- To thrust up, as anything long and slender.
- To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, up.
- To rise; to swell; to grow; to increase.
- Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.
- To bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole.
- To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- To erect hastily, as a building.
- To string up; to hang.
noun
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- possession of controlling influence
- (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- physical strength
- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
verb
noun
- Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
- Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
- A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
- Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
- A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
- Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
noun
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- a powerful effect or influence
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- a unit that is part of some military service
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- (of a law) having legal validity
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
verb
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- move with force
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- do forcibly; exert force
- take by force
adj
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
- fixed and unmoving
- situated in a particular spot or position
- set down according to a plan
- being below the horizon
- converted to solid form (as concrete)
verb
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix in a border
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- locate
- disappear beyond the horizon
- adapt for performance in a different way
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- apply or start
- become gelatinous
- set in type
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- urge to attack someone
- estimate
- equip with sails or masts
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- produce fruit
- arrange attractively
noun
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- the act of putting something in position
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
noun
- the legal authority to deal with a matter.
- The quality or state of being competent, i.e. able or suitable for a general role.
- The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.
- The system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language, as opposed to its actual use in concrete situations (performance), cf. linguistic competence.
- The degree to which a rock is resistant to deformation or flow.
verb
- To deliver by authority.
- To rush out, to sally forth.
- To deliver for use.
- To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
- To extend into, to open onto.
- To send out; to put into circulation.
- To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
noun
- Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
- Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- The entire set of something; all of something.
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- The action or an instance of sending something out
- A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out
- Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- Any question or situation to be resolved
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
verb
- present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
- give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
- come into sight or view
- be issued or published
- (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
- come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
- appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
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