confer
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~ present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
confess
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~ confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
confess
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~ confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
confess
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~ admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
confide
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~ confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
confide
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~ reveal in private; tell confidentially
configure
— Verb
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~ set up for a particular purpose; "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission"
confine
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~ prevent from leaving or from being removed
confine
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~ close in; "darkness enclosed him"
confine
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~ deprive of freedom; take into confinement
confine
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~ to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
confine
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~ place limits on (extent or amount or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
confirm
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~ establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
confirm
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~ administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
confirm
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~ make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
confirm
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~ support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
confirm
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~ strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
confiscate
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~ take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
conflagrate
— Verb
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~ start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
conflagrate
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~ cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"