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Definition of castigate (verb)
to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand

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The mayor castigated the police chief for the rash of robberies.

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Definition of descant (verb)
to sing; to harmonize; to comment broadly

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The man will descant on the subject if you give him too much speaking time.

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Definition of oscillate (verb)
to move back and forth; to have a wavering opinion; to vacillate

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The couple often oscillates between going out and staying home.

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Definition of allocate (verb)
to set aside; to designate; to assign

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There have been front row seats allocated to the performer's family.
The farmer allocated three acres of his fields to corn.

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Definition of waive (verb)
to give up; to put off until later

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I will waive my rights to have a lawyer present because I don't think I need one.
As hard as he tried, he could only waive his responsibility for so long.

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Definition of ken (verb)
to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend

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It was difficult to ken exactly what she had in mind.

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Definition of stoke (verb)
to feed fuel to, especially a fire

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With the last embers dying, he stoked the fire one more time.

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Definition of enfranchise (verb)
to free from obligation; to admit to citizenship; to emancipate; to liberate; to free

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The player was enfranchised when the deal was called off.
The recent immigrants were enfranchised when they took their oath to their new country.

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Definition of belittle (verb)
to disparage; to depreciate; to scorn; to criticize

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The unsympathetic friend belittled her friend's problems and spoke of her own as the most important.

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Definition of contravene (verb)
to oppose; to contradict; to infringe; to violate; to transgress

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The story of the accused contravened the story of the witness.
The United Nations held that the Eastern European nation had contravened the treaty.

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