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  • 81draft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sketch, outline; breeze, air current, wind; drink, dram; conscription, levy; load, pull, displacement; check, bill of exchange, demand note. See drinking, money, credit, depth. v. t. outline; draw,… …

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  • 82draw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. haul, drag, pull, tub, extract; attract, allure; depict, sketch; draft; win, receive; displace; inhale; elicit, get; disembowel, eviscerate. See attraction, painting, traction. n. tie. See equality …

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  • 83expound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. state, express, set forth; explain, interpret, elucidate. See teaching, speech, interpretation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To interpret] Syn. explicate, clarify, elucidate; see explain . 2. [To set… …

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  • 84express — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. squeeze, press out, exude; represent, symbolize, show, reveal, denote, signify, delineate, depict; state, tell, frame, enunciate, expound, couch, utter, voice, communicate, speak; ship. See meaning …

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  • 85illustrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. decorate; give as an example, exemplify; explain, clarify. See ornament, interpretation, painting, representation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make clear by illustration] Syn. exemplify, demonstrate …

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  • 86line — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. interline, face; delineate. n. mark; cord, string; crease, wrinkle; verse, note; route, system; vocation, calling; lineage; row, file. See indication, filament, poetry, business, ancestry,… …

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  • 87picture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. image, likeness, counterpart; portrayal, representation, view, scene, tableau, setting; drawing, painting, photograph, sketch, etching, engraving, canvas. See appearance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A… …

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  • 88plan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Formulated scheme for getting something done Nouns 1. plan, scheme, design, project, undertaking; aim, intention; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, resolve, motion; precaution, provision,… …

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  • 89portray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. picture, describe; enact, act out. See representation, drama, description. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To represent] Syn. depict, characterize, reproduce; see define 2 , describe , represent 2 . 2. [To… …

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  • 90represent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. portray (see representation); denote, symbolize, stand for; substitute for, replace, represent; set forth, assert; consist in, be composed of. See indication, substitution, agency, affirmation,… …

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