pledge
gage
collateralized
handfast
personal security
avow
pignorate
pawn
hypothecate
uncommitted
committed
collateralize
propine
votive
pledging
vow
countersecurity
hypothecary
oathlet
ensure
bindability
vowmaking
covenant
oath
serious
profession
pledgee
hold hostage
sacrament
undertaking
fasciate
give
promise
pledgable
vum
euche
votary
hand
block
assured
squashable
nercha
enlist
fastly
multisignature
subjection
pawnee
subjugation
a promise is a promise
command
rehypothecation
bound
commit
keep
engage
avowed
oblige
bind
vower
obligate
hostage
hold
avower
bargain
recognizance
pledger
dedication
collateral
commitment
seal
indenture
confessed
anchorage
go back on
committable
pledgor
word
stipulate
oathtaking
bend
incumbent on
renege on
astringe
renege
renegue on
assure
hangdog
collateralized
uncommitted
committed
votive
serious
pledgable
votary
assured
squashable
multisignature
bound
avowed
confessed
committable
incumbent on
hangdog
fastly
personal security
pawn
propine
pledging
countersecurity
hypothecary
oathlet
bindability
vowmaking
oath
profession
pledgee
undertaking
promise
euche
votary
nercha
subjection
pawnee
subjugation
rehypothecation
pledge
vower
hostage
avower
bargain
recognizance
pledger
dedication
collateral
commitment
anchorage
pledgor
word
oathtaking
pledge
gage
handfast
avow
pignorate
hypothecate
collateralize
vow
ensure
covenant
hold hostage
sacrament
fasciate
give
vum
hand
block
enlist
command
commit
keep
pawn
engage
oblige
bind
obligate
hold
seal
indenture
promise
go back on
stipulate
bend
renege on
astringe
renege
renegue on
assure
noun
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- A gallery.
- Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
- An instance of pawning something.
- A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
- The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
verb
noun
noun
- A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
- A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
- A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
- A curse, a curse word.
noun
- A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
- The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
- The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
- Any declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or (as now often implied) pretended.
- An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
verb
- To have possession or custody of (a person) as security for performance against a treaty, a pledge, or a demand, especially now an extra-legal demand.
- To hold in custody or use for any advantage.
- To seek advantage in a situation by threatening the well-being or success of (a person or thing not directly involved in the situation).
verb
noun
- A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace.
- A thing which is regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- The Eucharist.
- The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
verb
- To pledge.
- To lead (onto or into).
- To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
- To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
- To devote or apply (oneself).
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To exceed expectations.
- To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
- To be going on, to be occurring; Only used in what gives?
- To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
- To make a present or gift of.
- To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
noun
noun
- an oath or affirmation; a vow
- A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
- A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
- Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
verb
noun
verb
- To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- To furl.
noun
- A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- Management, domain, control.
- Applause.
- A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- The set of cards held by a player.
- That which has the appearance of, a human hand.
- Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- An instance of helping.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- A round of a card game.
- A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- A bunch of bananas.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A performer more or less skilful.
verb
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- render unsuitable for passage
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- stop from happening or developing
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- run on a block system
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- block passage through
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- shape into a block or blocks
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
noun
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
noun
proverb
verb
- To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
- To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
- To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
- to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
- To hold, to control the use of.
- To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control.
noun
- power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
- A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.
- The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
- An order to do something.
- Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
- A command performance.
- A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
- A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.
- The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
adj
- bound by an oath
- (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
- bound by contract
- confined in the bowels
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- spring back; spring away from an impact
noun
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
adj
verb
- To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)
- To make a set of changes permanent.
- To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
- To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.
- To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
noun
verb
- To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To remain in a state.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To raise; to care for.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- To restrain.
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- To continue.
noun
verb
- To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- To come into gear with.
- To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
- To draw into conversation.
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- To enter into battle.
verb
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
- secure with or as if with ropes
- provide with a binding
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- form a chemical bond with
- cause to be constipated
noun
noun
noun
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- The condition of being held as security or to compel someone else to act or not act in a particular way.
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.
verb
verb
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- organize or be responsible for
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- contain or hold; have within
- have room for; hold without crowding
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be valid, applicable, or true
- assert or affirm
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- protect against a challenge or attack
- hold the attention of
- remain committed to
- resist or confront with resistance
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- stop dealing with
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- keep from departing
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- aim, point, or direct
- declare to be
- be in accord; be in agreement
- keep from exhaling or expelling
noun
- the act of grasping
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- time during which some action is awaited
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a stronghold
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
noun
noun
- An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
- An item purchased for significantly less than the usual, or recommended, price
- A gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase.
- An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration.
- The thing stipulated or purchased.
verb
noun
- A token; a symbol; a pledge.
- a form of bail; a promise made by the accused to the court that they will attend all required judicial proceedings and will not engage in further illegal activity or other prohibited conduct as set by the court.
- Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
noun
- a message that makes a pledge
- complete and wholehearted fidelity
- a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
noun
- A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
adj
- Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- Acting in an indirect way.
- Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
- Coming or directed along the side.
noun
- a message that makes a pledge
- the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose
- the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
- an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
- the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
verb
- To form a sacred commitment.
- To place a seal on (a document).
- To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
- To guarantee.
- To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
- To close securely to prevent leakage.
- To place in a sealed container.
- To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
- To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
- To hunt seals.
- To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
- To close by means of a seal.
- To fry (meat) at a high temperature to retain the juices.
noun
- An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.
- A bearing representing a creature something like a walrus.
- Anything that secures or authenticates.
- A tight closure, secure against leakage.
- Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
- A chakra.
- A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
- Confirmation or approval, or an indication of this.
- A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
- Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
- A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
noun
- A promise; an oath or guarantee.
- An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
- A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
- A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
- A minor reprimand.
- Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
- News; tidings
- A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
- A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- A brief discussion or conversation.
- See words.
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
- A finite string that is not a command or operator.
- A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
- Logos, Christ.
- Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
verb
- To conjure with a word.
- To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
- To ply or overpower with words.
intj
verb
- To force to submit.
- To stoop.
- To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- To cause to change direction.
- To change direction.
- To submit.
- To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- To apply to a task or purpose.
- To become curved.
- To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- To be inclined; to direct itself.
- To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- To swing the body when rowing.
noun
- The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- A curve.
- The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
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