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Verbs (14)

v. say yes to

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm

v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

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Fuzzynyms (93)

profess, pretend

v. state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

assert, asseverate, maintain

v. state categorically

allege, aver, say

v. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

profess

v. receive into a religious order or congregation

avow, avouch

v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about

buy

v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"

covenant

v. enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"

swear

v. promise solemnly; take an oath

test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay

v. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

vow

v. make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again"

argue, reason

v. present reasons and arguments

argue, indicate

v. give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

impute

v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

undertake, guarantee

v. promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"

voice

v. give voice to; "He voiced his concern"

announce, declare

v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

pronounce, label, judge

v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

say

v. utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"

contend, postulate

v. maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

describe, depict, draw

v. give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

narrate

v. provide commentary for a film, for example

recount

v. count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"

relate

v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"

relate

v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"

report

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

report, turn in, inform on

v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"

hold, support, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

uphold, maintain

v. support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

sustain, keep, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

maintain, defend

v. state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

defend, support, fend for

v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support

v. be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"

control

v. verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account"

authenticate

v. establish the authenticity of something

check

v. verify by consulting a source or authority; "check the spelling of this word"; "check your facts"

manifest

v. reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"

Synonyms (4)

trust, swear, rely, bank

v. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

Antonyms (8)

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

negate, contradict

v. prove negative; show to be false

invalidate, nullify

v. show to be invalid

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