imprecate
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~ utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
imprecate
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~ wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
impregnate
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~ infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
impregnate
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~ fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
impregnate
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~ make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
impregnate
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~ fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
impress
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~ take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
impress
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~ produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
impress
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~ have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"; "he was dumb-struck by the news"; "her comments struck a sour note"
impress
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~ dye (fabric) before it is spun
impress
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~ impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"
impress
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~ mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
imprint
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~ establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
imprint
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~ mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"
imprison
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~ confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"
imprison
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~ lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
improve
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~ to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
improve
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~ get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
improvise
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~ manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"