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reenact

v. enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"

reenact

v. enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"

enact, reenact, act out

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

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forge, fake, counterfeit

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

v. tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

imitate

v. make a reproduction or copy of

sophisticate, doctor, doctor up

v. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

abuse

v. use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"

construct

v. create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"

fashion, forge

v. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

v. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

illustrate

v. depict with an illustration

parody

v. make a spoof of or make fun of

stage, present, represent

v. perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

bring, work, play, wreak, make for

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

inflict, bring down, visit, impose

v. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

bind, tie, attach, bond

v. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

obligate

v. commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"

commit, practice

v. engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"

exert, exercise

v. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

govern

v. require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

govern, rule

v. exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"

direct

v. be in charge of

administer

v. direct the taking of; "administer an exam"; "administer an oath"

control, command

v. exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"

conduct, carry on, deal

v. direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"

run, execute

v. carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"

operate, run

v. direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

behave, comport

v. behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

dramatize, dramatise, adopt

v. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

v. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

school

v. swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

inaugurate, usher in, introduce

v. be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

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