compare (verb)
61contract in — verb consent in writing to pay money to a trade union for political use • Ant: ↑contract out • Hypernyms: ↑accept, ↑consent, ↑go for • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * ˈkänˌtrakt …
62fluoridize — verb subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride fluoridized water fluoridize the teeth of children • Syn: ↑fluoridate, ↑fluoridise • Derivationally related forms: ↑fluoridisation (for: ↑ …
63live up to — verb meet the requirements or expectations of (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑satisfy, ↑fulfill, ↑fulfil • Ant: ↑fall short of (for: ↑satisfy) …
64triple-tongue — verb play fast notes on a wind instrument • Syn: ↑double tongue • Topics: ↑music • Hypernyms: ↑tongue • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
65cross-date — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: cross (V) intransitive verb : to show by close similarity of spacing, cell structure, and related criteria that certain of the annual rings of two or more different trees or pieces of wood were produced in the same year …
66analogize — verb ( gized; gizing) Date: 1655 intransitive verb to use or exhibit analogy transitive verb to compare by analogy …
67confer — verb (conferred; conferring) Etymology: Latin conferre to bring together, from com + ferre to carry more at bear Date: circa 1500 intransitive verb to compare views or take counsel ; consult transitive verb …
68contrive — verb (contrived; contriving) Etymology: Middle English controven, contreven, from Anglo French controver, contrever, from Medieval Latin contropare to compare, from Latin com + Vulgar Latin *tropare to compose, find more at troubador Date: 14th… …
69deflagrate — verb ( grated; grating) Etymology: Latin deflagratus, past participle of deflagrare to burn down, from de + flagrare to burn more at black Date: circa 1727 transitive verb to cause to deflagrate compare detonate 1 intransitive verb to burn …
70detonate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: French détoner to explode, from Latin detonare to expend thunder, from de + tonare to thunder more at thunder Date: 1729 intransitive verb to explode with sudden violence transitive verb …
