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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: | predispose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence to believe something |
| Synonyms: | activate, affect, animate, bend*, bias, cultivate, dispose, govern, impress, incline, indoctrinate, induce, inspire, lead, make expectant, make of a mind to, prejudice, prepare, prime, prompt, stimulate, strike, sway, teach, urge |
| Notes: | predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | passively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, assert, be visible, blow in, clarify, come, demonstrate, determine, disclose, discover, display, divulge, elucidate, emerge, establish, evidence, evince, explain, get, get in, illustrate, indicate, instruct, lay out, loom, make known, make out, make the scene, manifest, mark, materialize, note, ostend, point, present, proclaim, project, prove, put in appearance, reach, register, reveal, show one's face, show up, teach, testify to, turn up, unveil |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | spell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clarify, explain |
| Synonyms: | break down, brief, clear up, clue in, decipher, decode, define, describe, diagram, draw a map, expound, fill someone in, get across, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain, point out, put across, put in plain English, teach, tell, throw light upon, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle |
| Main Entry: | train |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare |
| Synonyms: | accustom, brainwash*, break in, care for, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, dry run, educate, enlighten, equip, exercise, get a workout, get in shape, ground, grow strong, guide, habituate, harden, hone, improve, instruct, inure, make ready, mold, prime, qualify, rear, rehearse, run through, school, season, shape, sharpen, show the ropes, study, tame, teach, tutor, update, warm up, whip into shape, wise up, work out |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | edify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct |
| Synonyms: | educate, enlighten, improve, teach, uplift |
| Main Entry: | humanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acculturate |
| Synonyms: | civilize, cultivate, refine, tame, teach, temper |
| Main Entry: | propagandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indoctrinate |
| Synonyms: | brainwash, break down, convince, drill, ground, imbue, implant, inculcate, influence, initiate, instill, instruct, plant*, program, school, teach, train, work over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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