ought to (verb)
51endamage — verb To damage. Ne ought he card, whom he endamaged / By tortious wrong, or whom bereaud of right …
52œconomize — verb |codot=f If therefore we aim at regulating this household, the question will be, whether we ought to œconomize by detail, or by principle ? The example we have had of the success of an attempt to œconomize by detail, and under establishments …
53edify — verb /ˈɛdɪfaɪ/ a) To build, construct. That Castle was most goodly edifyde, / And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde [...]. b) To instruct or improve morally or intellectually. That the …
54underreport — verb a) To report a number falsely, making it smaller than it ought to be, especially to do so intentionally The FBI underreported its use of the USA Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in suspected terrorism cases,… …
55shortchange — verb a) To defraud someone by giving them less change than they ought to be given after a transaction. I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back. I got shortchanged! b) To deprive someone of something for which they paid. The… …
56cavort — verb /kəˈvɔːt,kəˈvɔɹt/ a) To prance, said of mounts And dragon flies sported around and cavorted,//As poets say dragon flies ought to do; b) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously. He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and… …
57enquicken — verb /ɛnˈkwɪkə̆n/ Imbue with divine vitality. How much more ought we, C E PRESUME that Sacramental grace doth like a soul enquicken the body of the outward element, and receive those for our true fellow members of Christ, who have been made… …
58unbore — verb To relieve from boredom. Let you tell her from me and from us, that there is a chapter in Deirdre that unbores God when He gets bored, remembers who He ought to read …
59commit — verb committed, committing (T) 1 CRIME to do something wrong or illegal: commit a crime: Women commit fewer crimes than men. | commit murder/rape/adultery etc: Brady committed a series of brutal murders. | commit suicide (=kill yourself… …
60discourage — verb (T) 1 to prevent or try to prevent someone from doing something by making the action difficult or unpleasant, or by showing them that it would not be a good thing to do: You should install locks on all your windows to discourage burglars. |… …
