designate
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~ assign a name or title to
designate
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~ design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
designate
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~ give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
designate
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~ indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
designate
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~ decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
desire
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~ feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
desire
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~ expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
desist
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~ choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
desolate
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~ reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
desolate
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~ leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
desolate
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~ cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
desorb
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~ go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
desorb
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~ remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed; "the substance was desorbed"
despair
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~ abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
despatch
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~ send away towards a designated goal
despise
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~ look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
despoil
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~ destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
despoil
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~ steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
despond
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~ lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"