petrify
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~ make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
petrify
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~ change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
petrify
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~ cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
pettifog
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~ argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
phase
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~ adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"
philander
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~ talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
philander
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~ have amorous affairs; of men; "He has been womanizing for years"
philosophise
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~ reason philosophically
philosophize
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~ reason philosophically
phlebotomise
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~ draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
phlebotomize
— Verb
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~ draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
phone
— Verb
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~ get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
cell phone
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~ call up by using a cellular phone; "If the train is late, I will cell phone you"
phosphoresce
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~ to exhibit phosphorescence
photocopy
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~ reproduce by xerography
photograph
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~ record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"