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- -->>:abut::to touch, join, or adjoin at the end
- -->>:arbitrate::to act as a judge in a dispute
- -->>:bestride::to mount; to sit or stand astride of
- -->>:calumniate::to accuse falsely; to defame; to slander
- -->>:cleave::to split; to pass through; to adhere to (archaic)
- -->>:contemn::to despise; to scorn
- -->>:dehisce::to split open
- -->>:discomfit::to frustrate; to throw into confusion
- -->>:ejaculate::to utter suddenly, as a brief exclamation
- -->>:evangelize::to preach the Gospel to; to act as a preacher of any belief
- -->>:fetter::to shackle; to restrain from action; to hamper
- -->>:glower::to stare with sullen annoyance or anger
- -->>:immolate::to offer in sacrifice, as a sacrificial victim
- -->>:interdict::to prohibit or forbid
- -->>:levy::to impose and collect; to prepare for
- -->>:militate::to have influence or effect, usually used with "against"
- -->>:obfuscate::to confuse or perplex; to bewilder; to darken or obscure
- -->>:raze::to demolish; to scrape or shave off
- -->>:surfeit::to feed or supply to fullness; to overindulge
- -->>:whet::to sharpen by friction; to make more keen