| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A charging of someone with a misdeed: accusation, denouncement, denunciation, imputation, incrimination. Law : indictment. See ATTACK, LAW, PRAISE. 2. The function of watching, guarding, or overseeing: care, custody, guardianship, keeping, superintendence, supervision, trust. See CARE FOR. 3. A swift advance or attack: blitzkrieg, rush. See APPROACH. 4. An authoritative indication to be obeyed: behest, bidding, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, order, word. See OVER, WORDS. 5. An amount paid or to be paid for a purchase: cost, price. Informal : tab. See TRANSACTIONS. 6. A person who relies on another for support: dependent, ward. See GIVE. 7. The state of being detained by legal authority: confinement, custody, detention, ward. See FREE. 8. An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion: burden1, commitment, duty, imperative, must, need, obligation, responsibility. See OBLIGATION. 9. A quantity of explosive put into a weapon: load. See EXPLOSION. 10. A fixed amount of money charged for a privilege or service: exaction, fee, toll1. See MONEY, PAY, TRANSACTIONS. | | VERB: | 1. To make an accusation against: accuse, arraign, denounce, incriminate, indict, tax. See ATTACK, LAW, PRAISE. 2. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another: accredit, ascribe, assign, attribute, credit, impute, lay1, refer. See GIVE. 3. To cause to be filled, as with a particular mood or tone: freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse, transfuse. See FULL. 4. To place a burden or heavy load on: burden1, cumber, encumber, freight, lade, load, saddle, tax, weight. See OVER. 5. To give orders to: bid, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, order, tell. See OVER, WORDS. 6. To be morally bound to do: bind, commit, obligate, pledge. See OBLIGATION. 7. To place a trust upon: entrust, trust. See TRUST. 8. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held: fill, freight, heap, load, pack, pile. See FULL. 9. To put (explosive material) into a weapon: load. See PUT IN.
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