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modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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optimise,
optimize act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
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attemper modify the temperature of; "attemper the air"
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syncopate modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat
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update modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house"
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update modernize or bring up to date; "We updated the kitchen in the old house"
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hop up,
hot up,
soup up make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"
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cream add cream to one's coffee, for example
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qualify,
restrict make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
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corrupt,
spoil alter from the original
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harden,
temper become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
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specialise,
specialize become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history"
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buffer add a buffer (a solution); "buffered saline solution for the eyes"
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inflect change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
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buffer,
cushion,
soften add a buffer (a solution); "buffered saline solution for the eyes"
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modify - add a modifier to a constituent |
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qualify |
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add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
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grammar the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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