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(transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
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(transitive) To make right; put right; arrange or treat properly.
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(transitive, obsolete) To direct.
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(transitive, computing) To fit automatically by resizing.
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To cause or undergo autorepression.
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(of a fictional character or inanimate object) To cause to be alive or real.
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(transitive, idiomatic) to bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.
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Obsolete form of change. [(intransitive) To become something different.]
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(idiomatic) To reform; to improve one's habits.
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(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.
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(cytology) (of cellular components) to distribute, spread together
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(idiomatic) to become responsive and animated. (The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985, p. 295.)
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(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.
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(chiefly non-native speakers' English) To correct.
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(transitive) To make sense of a complex situation.
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(transitive) to undo an adjustment.
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(medicine, chiefly US) To change the diagnostic code of a patient's condition to a code for which a smaller amount will be billed.
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(intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
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(transitive) To take away the margin of.
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(transitive) Remove errors and corruptions from (a text); to emend (a text).
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(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
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The act of opening or unfolding.
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(obsolete) To construct.
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(transitive) To arrange a space according to the rules of feng shui.
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(transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
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(transitive) To repair or refurbish.
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(idiomatic, of a hierarchy or inequal distribution) To become more even.
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(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
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(transitive) To do something in the appropriate manner, or come up with the correct answer or solution.
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(idiomatic, transitive) Synonym of clarify: to make clear, to reach an understanding.
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(intransitive, of a wound) To become completely healed; to become covered in fresh, new, healthy skin.
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(intransitive, of an injury) To heal.
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Alternative form of hold a mirror to [To reflect; to represent and by resemblance provide insight into.]
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(obsolete, transitive) To change or alter.
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(figuratively, from sense 3) To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.
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(of an animal) To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.
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(idiomatic) (of a career, public image, etc.) To improve upon or take in a new direction.
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(transitive) To right, rectify, or ameliorate a relationship or situation.
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(transitive, set phrase) To repair or restore (something).
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(informal) Of or relating to a reconciliation.
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(transitive) To put in a better state; to set right; to reform;
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Energy or momentum for continuing provided by a change.
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(transitive) To make (something) optimal.
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(transitive) To arrange in working order.
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(transitive) to plan, organize, make a plan for something
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(transitive) To rectify; to put in order; to make good.
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To correct someone's misconception or false belief; to give correct and proper information about.
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(informal) To straighten out or clarify the facts after an inaccurate report
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Alternative form of set the world to rights. [(chiefly UK) To talk about improving the world.]
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Obsolete form of reinforce. [(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.]
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(transitive) To change (text) from upper case to lower case, or vice versa.
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To make things compatible or consistent.
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(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
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(transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
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To put or maintain in order.
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Something that reinforces.
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(transitive, archaic) To fill up; to complete; to supply fully.
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(transitive) To satisfy again.
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To alter the scale of a drawing or project; to change the physical proportions.
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The process of changing the scale or proportions of something.
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(transitive) To staff again or anew; to supply with new employees.
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(transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
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(transitive) To set upright.
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(transitive) To make right; correct.
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(transitive) To correct, repair, adjust, amend.
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To put in order; to make neat.
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Alternative form of put one's house in order [(literally) To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.]
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(transitive, idiomatic) To correct; to make right or true.
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(chiefly UK) To talk about improving the world.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To improve; to correct one's bad habits or behavior.
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(transitive, figuratively) To remove irregularities or imperfections from.
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(transitive) To fix, as a problem.
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(transitive) To make stable; stabilize.
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(intransitive) To become stable.
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(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of straighten. [(transitive) To cause to become straight.]
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(transitive) To straighten.
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(transitive) To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience).
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(transitive, idiomatic) To eliminate confusion from or concerning.
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(transitive, intransitive) to steer straight
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Archaic spelling of straighten. [(transitive) To cause to become straight.]
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(transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
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To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight).
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An adjustment to make something equal or correct.
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(mathematics, transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
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(informal, rare) Tweaking; minor adjustments.
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(uncommon, transitive) To make unabbreviated, to expand something which was abbreviated.
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(transitive) To reformat (a video image) from 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratio.
adj
Of waste materials, etc.: converted into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality.
n
The act by which something is updated.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To exert considerable effort to change something or someone into a desired state.
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