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buy

v. be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

buy

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

buy

v. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms

v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

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credit

v. have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of

confide

v. reveal in private; tell confidentially

depend on, rely on

v. be dependent on, as for support or maintenance; "elderly parents often depend on their adult children"

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

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

say

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

claim, take

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

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"

profess

v. receive into a religious order or congregation

pronounce, label, judge

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

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"

specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit

v. decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

prefer

v. give preference to one creditor over another

bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms

v. make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

treat

v. regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"

invite, pay for

v. have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"

amuse, divert, disport

v. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"

entertain

v. provide entertainment for

order, tell, enjoin, say

v. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

requisition

v. make a formal request for official services

suborn

v. induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses"

specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit

v. decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

buy

v. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

make

v. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

stock

v. provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"

redeem

v. to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange

disbelieve, discredit

v. reject as false; refuse to accept

doubt

v. consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"

acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know

v. accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

question, query

v. pose a question

swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

sell

v. exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"

lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

supply, provide, render, furnish

v. give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

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