To allow to have; SYN. allot, grant.
1. To work in an administrative capacity; supervise; SYN. administrate.
2. Said of medications: to dispense, to distribute.
3. To administer ritually; said of church sacraments.
4. Direct the taking of
5. Give or apply (medications)
6. Administer or bestow, as in small portions
1. To afford access to; SYN. open, give onto.
2. To be able to spare or give up.
3. To have the financial means to do something or buy something.
4. Be the cause or source of
1. To allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; SYN. take into account.
2. To allow the presence of; SYN. permit.
3. To give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; SYN. appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve.
4. To grant as a discount or in exchange.
5. To let have; to grant permission; SYN. grant.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: brought).
1. To carry to, or fetch; SYN. get, convey, fetch.
2. To take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; also metaphorical, as in; SYN. convey, take.
3. To attract the attention of.
4. To cause to come into a particular state or condition.
5. To be accompanied by.
6. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; SYN. work, play, wreak, make for.
7. To induce or persuade.
1. To cause to come to a sudden stop.
2. To promote from a lower position or rank.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: cast).
1. To assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors.
2. To deposit.
3. To make by pouring into a cast or mold; SYN. mold, mould.
4. To select to play, sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet.
1. To transmit thoughts or feelings; SYN. intercommunicate.
2. To join or connect.
3. To let know; pass information on (to someone); SYN. pass on, pass, put across.
4. To administer communion; in church.
1. To grant or bestow; SYN. bestow.
2. To have a conference in order to talk something over; SYN. confabulate, confab, consult.
1. To be conducive to; SYN. lead, conduce.
2. To contribute to some cause; SYN. give, chip in, kick in.
1. To make a present of
2. To grant or bestow by formal action
3. To accord or yield to another
4. To put into the possession of another for his or her use
5. To administer as a sacrament
6. To commit to another as a trust or responsibility and usually for an expressed reason; to transfer from one's authority or custody
7. To offer to the action of another; proffer
8. To yield (oneself) to a man in sexual intercourse
9. To present in public performance
10. To present to view or observation
11. To provide by way of entertainment
12. To propose as a toast
13. To designate as a share or portion; allot
14. To yield as a product, consequence, or effect; produce
15. To deliver by some bodily action
16. To offer for consideration, acceptance, or use
17. To suffer the loss of; sacrifice
1. To bestow, esp. officially; SYN. give.
2. To transfer by deed; SYN. deed over.
1. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand
3. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand
3. To present or provide with
1. To give without charge.
2. To give freely.
3. To adminster.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: lent).
1. To give temporarily; let have for a limited time; SYN. loan.
2. To have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open to; be vulnerable to.
3. To confer a certain quality, as in; SYN. impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring.
1. To fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
2. To hit a pop-fly, in baseball.
3. To inject into the skin, as of drugs; SYN. skin pop.
4. To make a sharp explosive noise.
1. To determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp. by including a proviso condition
2. To provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance; SYN. supply, ply, cater.
ETYM Pref. re + lease to let.
To part with; SYN. relinquish, free, give up.
1. To deliver or hand down (said of a verdict), by a jury; SYN. deliver, return.
2. To cause to become
3. To give back; SYN. return.
4. To give or supply; SYN. yield, return, give, generate.
5. To present formally; SYN. submit.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: sent).
1. To cause to go somewhere; SYN. direct.
2. To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place; SYN. send out.
3. To transfer; SYN. get off, send off.
1. To bring in; as of investments; SYN. pay, bear.
2. To cease opposition; stop fighting.
3. To consent reluctantly; SYN. give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under.
4. To give in, as to influence or pressure; SYN. relent, soften.
5. To be the cause or source of; SYN. give, afford.