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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command; give instructions |
| Synonyms: | bid, bulldoze, call the play, call the shots, call the tune, charge, control, decree, direct, enjoin, govern, guide, impose, instruct, lay down, lay down the law, lead, manage, ordain, order, prescribe, pronounce, put foot down, read the riot act, regiment, rule, set, take the reins, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | ask, implore, request |
| Main Entry: | enjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order, command |
| Synonyms: | adjure, admonish, advise, appoint, bid, call upon, caution, charge, counsel, decree, demand, dictate, direct, forewarn, impose, instruct, ordain, prescribe, require, rule, tell, urge, warn |
| Main Entry: | entail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require; result in |
| Synonyms: | bring about, call for, cause, demand, encompass, entangle, evoke, give rise to, impose, involve, lead to, necessitate, occasion, require, tangle |
| Main Entry: | entrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give custody, authority to |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, assign, authorize, bank, bend an ear, charge, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, count, delegate, deliver, depend, deposit with, hand over, impose, invest, leave with, reckon, relegate, rely, trust, turn over |
| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, call for |
| Synonyms: | assess, bleed, call, challenge, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, extort, extract, force, gouge, impose, insist upon, lean on, levy, oblige, pinch, postulate, put on, require, requisition, shake down, solicit, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | give |
| Main Entry: | foist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force upon |
| Synonyms: | compel to accept, fob off, impose, insert fraudulently, palm off, pass off, pull a fast one, ram down one's throat, sneak in |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | infringe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | violate |
| Synonyms: | borrow, breach, break, contravene, crash, disobey, encroach, entrench, impose, infract, intrude, invade, lift, meddle, obtrude, offend, pirate, presume, steal, transgress, trespass |
| Notes: | to impinge is to come into contact or encroach or have an impact; to infringe is to encroach on a right or privilege or to violate |
| Antonyms: | comply, discharge, obey, observe |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | credit, allocate |
| Synonyms: | accredit, address, aim, allot, apply, ascribe, assess, assign, attribute, burden, cast, charge, direct, encumber, impose, impute, incline, level, point, refer, saddle, tax, train, turn, zero in |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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