pressure-cook
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~ cook in a pressure cooker
pressurise
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~ increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
pressurise
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~ increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort"
pressurise
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~ maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit"
pressurize
— Verb
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~ maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit"
pressurize
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~ increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
pressurize
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~ increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort"
presume
— Verb
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~ take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"
presume
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~ constitute reasonable evidence for; "A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food"
presume
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~ take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission; "How dare you call my lawyer?"
presume
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~ take liberties or act with too much confidence
presuppose
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~ take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
presuppose
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~ require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
pretend
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~ represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
pretend
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~ behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
pretend
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~ put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
pretend
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~ state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
pretend
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~ make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
pretend
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~ put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
pretermit
— Verb
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~ disregard intentionally or let pass