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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sermonize |
| Synonyms: | address, admonish, dogmatize, evangelize, get on a soapbox, give sermon, harangue, lecture, minister, moralize, preach, pulpiteer, teach |
| Main Entry: | pursue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek social alliance with |
| Synonyms: | address, call, chase, chase after, court, date, go after, go for, pay attention, pay court, play up to, rush*, spark, sue, sweetheart*, woo |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out loud; narrate |
| Synonyms: | account for, address, answer, chant, communicate, convey, declaim, delineate, deliver, describe, detail, discourse, dramatize, enact, enlarge, enumerate, expatiate, explain, give a report, give an account, give verbal account, hold forth, impart, interpret, itemize, mention, parrot, perform, picture, portray, quote, recapitulate, recount, reel off, rehearse, relate, render, repeat, reply, report, retell, soliloquize, speak, state, tell, utter |
| Main Entry: | remit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send, transfer |
| Synonyms: | address, consign, dispatch, forward, mail, make payment, pay, post, route, settle, ship, square, transmit |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have recourse to; make use of |
| Synonyms: | address, affect, apply, avail oneself of, benefit by, bring into play, devote, direct, employ, exercise, fall back on, frequent, go, go to, haunt, head for, look to, make use of, put to use, recur, recur to, refer to, repair, run, take up, try, turn, turn to, use, utilize, visit |
| Notes: | recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!) |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | route |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send along a path |
| Synonyms: | address, conduct, consign, convey, direct, dispatch, escort, forward, guide, lead, pilot, remit, see, shepherd, ship, show, steer, transmit |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | salute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | greet; honor |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, bow, call to, congratulate, hail, pay homage, pay respects, pay tribute, present arms, receive, recognize, snap to attention, speak, take hat off to, welcome |
| Main Entry: | send |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transmit, transfer through a system |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, address, advance, assign, broadcast, cast, circulate, commission, commit, communicate, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, detail, direct, dispatch, drop, emit, expedite, express, fire, fling, forward, freight, get under way, give off, grant, hasten, hurl, hurry off, impart, issue, let fly, mail, post, propel, put out, radiate, relay, remit, route, rush off, ship, shoot, televise, troll, wire |
| Antonyms: | receive |
| Main Entry: | ship |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send, transport |
| Synonyms: | address, consign, direct, dispatch, drop, embark, export, forward, freight, go aboard, haul, move, put on board, remit, route, shift, ship out, smuggle, transfer, transmit |
| Notes: | a boat is a vessel that can be hauled aboard a ship, according to the Navy, with a ship being somewhat larger |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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