N. conversion, reduction,
transmutation, resolution,
assimilation, evolution, sea change, change of state, assumption,
naturalization,
transportation, development, developing, conversion of currency, exchange of currency, exchange rate, bureau de change, chemistry,
alchemy, progress, growth,
lapse,
flux, passage, transit, transition,
transmigration,
shifting, phase,
conjugation,
convertibility,
crucible,
alembic,
caldron,
retort, convert,
pervert,
renegade,
apostate V. be converted into, become, get, wax, come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into, turn out,
lapse,
shift, run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as,
melt, grow, come round to,
mature,
mellow, assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of, illapse|, begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change, convert into, resolve into, make,
render,
mold, form, remodel, new model, refound, reform,
reorganize, assimilate to, bring to, reduce to
N. interpretation, definition, explanation,
explication, solution, answer,
rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning, translation, rendering,
rendition,
redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret,
clew,
clavis,
crib,
pony,
trot,
exegesis,
expounding, exposition,
hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration,
exemplification,
gloss,
annotation,
scholium, note,
elucidation, dilucidation|,
eclaircissement, mot d'enigme,
symptomatology,
semiology,
semeiology,
semiotics,
metoposcopy,
physiognomy,
paleography, oneirology acception,
acceptation, acceptance, light, reading,
lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning,
synonym,
paraphrase,
metaphrase, convertible terms,
apposition, dictionary,
polyglot V. interpret, explain,
define,
construe,
translate,
render, do into, turn into, transfuse the sense of, find out the meaning of, read, spell out, make out,
decipher,
unravel,
disentangle, find the key of,
enucleate,
resolve,
solve, read between the lines, account for, find the cause, tell the cause of, throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon, clear up,
clarify,
elucidate, illustrate,
exemplify, unfold,
expound, comment upon,
annotate,
popularize, take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense, understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand
Adj. explanatory,
expository,
explicative,
explicatory,
exegetical, construable,
polyglot,
literal,
paraphrastic,
metaphrastic,
consignificative,
synonymous, equivalent
Adv. in explanation, that is to say, id est,
videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer english, more simply
N. giving,
bestowal,
bestowment, # donation, presentation, presentment, accordance,
concession,
delivery,
consignment,
dispensation, communication,
endowment,
investment,
investiture,
award,
almsgiving, charity,
liberality,
generosity, gift,
donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift,
boon, favor,
benefaction, grant, offering,
oblation, sacrifice,
immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace,
bonus, allowance, contribution,
subscription,
subsidy, tribute,
subvention,
bequest,
legacy,
devise, will,
dotation,
dot,
appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance,
amortization,
alms,
largess,
bounty,
dole, sportule|,
donative, help,
oblation,
offertory,
honorarium,
gratuity, peter pence,
sportula, christmas box, easter offering,
vail,
douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld,
bakshish, fee, consideration,
bribe,
bait, ground bait, peace offering,
handsel, boodle*,
graft, grease*,
blat, giver,
grantor,
donor,
feoffer, settlor
V. deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away,
dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay,
render, impart, communicate,
concede,
cede, yield, part with, shed, cast,
spend, give,
bestow,
confer, grant,
accord,
award,
assign, intrust,
consign, vest in, make a present, allow,
contribute,
subscribe, furnish its quota,
invest,
endow, settle upon,
bequeath, leave,
devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford,
spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon,
lavish, pour on, thrust upon,
tip,
bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice,
immolate Adj. giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional,
communicable,
charitable,
eleemosynary, sportulary|, tributary,
gratis,
donative Phr. auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare
N. restitution, return,
rendition, # reddition, restoration,
reinvestment,
recuperation,
rehabilitation,
reparation,
atonement, compensation,
indemnification, release,
replevin,
redemption, recovery,
remitter, reversion
V. return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back,
render, render up, give up, let go,
unclutch,
disgorge,
regorge,
regurgitate,
recoup,
reimburse,
compensate,
indemnify,
remit,
rehabilitate, repair,
reinvest, revest,
reinstate,
redeem, recover, take back again, revest,
revert Phr. suum cuique