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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name, label |
| Synonyms: | baptize, call, characterize, christen, denominate, designate, dub, nickname, style, subtitle, term, title |
| Main Entry: | authorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give power or control |
| Synonyms: | accredit, bless, commission, empower, enable, entitle, give authority, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the word, invest, license, okay, rubber-stamp, say the word, vest |
| Antonyms: | deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | baptize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate in church rite |
| Synonyms: | admit, asperse, besprinkle, call, christen, cleanse, denominate, dip, dub, entitle, immerse, name, purify, regenerate, sprinkle, term, title |
| Main Entry: | christen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | named in religious rite |
| Synonyms: | asperse, baptize, bless, call, dedicate, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, godparent, immerse, sprinkle, style, term, title |
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give description |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, assign, call a spade a spade, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denominate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, formalize, illustrate, interpret, label, lay it out, nail it down, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | dub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name, label something |
| Synonyms: | baptize, bestow, call, christen, confer, denominate, designate, entitle, knight, nickname, style, tag, term, title |
| Main Entry: | empower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, enable |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, capacitate, charge, commission, delegate, entitle, entrust, grant, invest, legitimize, license, okay, permit, privilege, qualify, sanction, vest, warrant |
| Antonyms: | disenfranchise, refuse, reject, revoke |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a title |
| Synonyms: | baptize, call, characterize, christen, classify, cognominate, define, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, give a handle, identify, label, nickname, nomenclature, put tag on, style, tag, term, ticket, title |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become ready, prepared |
| Synonyms: | authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff, commission, condition, cut it, earn one's wings, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, fill the bill, fit, get by, ground, hack it, make it, make the cut, make the grade, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster, permit, ready, sanction, score, suffice, suit, train |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Antonyms: | be unprepared, disqualify |
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