escort
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~ accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball"
espouse
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~ take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
espouse
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~ choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
essay
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~ put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
essay
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~ make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
establish
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~ place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
establish
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~ institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
establish
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~ set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
establish
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~ set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
establish
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~ build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
establish
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~ bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
establish
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~ establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
establish
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~ use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
esteem
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~ regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
esteem
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~ look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
esterify
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~ change (a compound) into an ester