pertain
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～ be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
pertain
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～ be a part or attribute of
perturb
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～ cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"
perturb
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～ disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
perturb
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～ disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
perturb
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～ throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order"
peruse
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～ examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"
pervade
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～ spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
pervaporate
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～ cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
pervaporate
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～ evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
pervert
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～ change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
pervert
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～ corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
pervert
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～ practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words"
pester
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～ annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
pestle
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～ grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
pet
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～ stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
pet
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～ stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb"
peter out
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～ use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
peter out
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～ end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
petition
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～ write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing