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  • 111generate — 1. To produce. 2. To procreate. [L. genero, pp. atus, to beget] * * * gen·er·ate jen ə .rāt vb, at·ed; at·ing vt to bring into existence esp PROCREATE <generate innumerable offspring> vi to produce offspring: PROP …

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  • 112creatio ex nihilo — Creation from nothing: the doctrine that only a free act of the Creator was needed to bring into existence the natural universe …

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  • 113constitute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. form, be, make, frame, compose; total; set up, establish, found; appoint. See composition, production. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To found] Syn. establish, develop, create, set up; see organize 2 . 2.… …

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  • 114cultivate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. farm, till, work, grow, develop; civilize, refine; pursue, court; foster, advance, cherish. See agriculture, improvement. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To plant] Syn. till, plow, work the soil, grow; see… …

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  • 115establish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. confirm, fix, settle, secure, set, stabilize; sustain, install, root, ensconce; appoint, enact, ordain; found, institute, constitute, create, organize, build, set up; verify, prove, substantiate;… …

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  • 116found — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. establish, institute, originate; cast. See beginning, form. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Discovered] Syn. unearthed, located, detected; see discovered . 2. [Occurring customarily] Syn. common, native …

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  • 117institute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. found, inaugurate; organize, start, begin, commence; originate, organize. See beginning. n. institution; school, college; foundation; society; museum; hospital, etc. See party. II (Roget s IV) v. 1 …

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  • 118propagate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. breed, generate, produce, disseminate; spread, broadcast, publish, increase; multiply. See production, publication. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To beget] Syn. breed, engender, create, originate, father,… …

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  • 119set up — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make arrangements] Syn. prearrange, inaugurate, work on; see arrange 2 . 2. [To finance] Syn. patronize, promote, support, pay for, subsidize. 3. [To establish] Syn. found, originate, make provisions for; see begin 1 ,… …

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  • 120perpetrate — (v.) mid 15c., from L. perpetratus, pp. of perpetrare to perform, to accomplish, from per completely + patrare carry out, originally bring into existence, from pater father (see FATHER (Cf. father) (n.)). Neither good nor bad in Latin, first used …

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