(Alternate spelling: bowdlerise)
1. Expurgate, especially too strictly.
2. To edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; SYN. bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten.
1. To become clear; SYN. clear, light up, brighten.
2. When a problem, misunderstanding, or disease goes away, it clears up.
1. To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge.
2. To purify or revise; to censor; remove objectionable portions from; purify.
To settle or put right; of difficulties or problems; SYN. straighten out, put right.
1. To alter slightly, esp. to achieve accuracy; regulate; SYN. set.
2. To make correspondent or conformable.
3. To adapt or conform oneself; SYN. conform, adapt.
4. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
5. Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
1. To accept despite complete satisfaction
2. To arrange or fix in the desired order
3. To become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
4. To become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; SYN. take root, steady down, settle down.
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5. To cause to settle, as of liquids.
6. To come to rest; SYN. halt.
7. To dispose of; make a financial settlement.
8. To end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
9. To establish or develop as a residence:
10. To form a community
11. To get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; SYN. get back.
12. To settle conclusively; come to terms; SYN. square off, square up, determine.
13. To settle into a position; SYN. settle down.
14. To take up residence and become established; SYN. locate, relocate.
1. To accept despite complete satisfaction
2. To arrange or fix in the desired order
3. To become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
4. To become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; SYN. take root, steady down, settle down.
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5. To cause to settle, as of liquids.
6. To come to rest; SYN. halt.
7. To dispose of; make a financial settlement.
8. To end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
9. To establish or develop as a residence:
10. To form a community
11. To get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; SYN. get back.
12. To settle conclusively; come to terms; SYN. square off, square up, determine.
13. To settle into a position; SYN. settle down.
14. To take up residence and become established; SYN. locate, relocate.
1. To declare or make legally valid; SYN. formalize.
2. To give evidence for; SYN. corroborate.
3. To make valid or confirm the validity of, as of a document.
4. To prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something.