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to flinch

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to make a quick and involuntary movement in response to a surprise, pain, or fear

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She often flinches at sudden loud noises.

Right now, he is flinching as he watches the horror movie.

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intransitive

to forfend

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to ward off or prevent something undesirable from happening

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to rebuff

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/ɹiˈbəf/, /ɹɪˈbəf/

to reject or dismiss someone or something in an abrupt or blunt manner

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to abridge

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to decrease, reduce, or restrict something, often by cutting down its size, duration, or range

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to engage

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to take part in or become involved with something actively

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intransitive

to endow

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to provide a gift or quality, to someone or something, often implying a permanent gift or quality

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to cleave

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to adhere firmly or stick closely to something

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to rescind

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to officially cancel a law, decision, agreement, etc.

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to denote

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/dɪˈnoʊt/

to mark or be a sign of an entity or a concept

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to entail

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to necessitate or result in a logical consequence or outcome

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to moot

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to bring up a topic or question for discussion

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to rasp

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to produce a harsh, grating sound or to utter with a rough, grating tone

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to scoff

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to express contempt or derision by mocking, ridiculing, and laughing at someone or something

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to bemoan

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to express great regret or sorrow for something

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to caricature

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to create a humorous or exaggerated representation of someone or something by distorting their features or characteristics

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to infest

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to overrun in large numbers

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to bequeath

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to give personal property to someone through a legal instrument, typically after one's death

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disinherit

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ditransitive

to census

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to systematically collect and record demographic data about a population

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