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  • 31press — I. /prɛs / (say pres) verb (pressed or, Archaic, prest, pressing) –verb (t) 1. to act upon with weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or… …

  • 32expedite — I verb accelerate, accomplish promptly, advance, aid, assist, dear the way, dispatch, drive on, ease, encourage, expedire, facilitate, forward, foster, further, give a start, hasten, help, hurry, maturare, move up, pave the way, precipitate,… …

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  • 33press — press1 pressable, adj. /pres/, v.t. 1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter …

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  • 34propel — I verb actuate, cast, catapult, constrain, discharge, dispatch, drive, drive forward, eject, emit, force, goad, heave, hurl, impel, launch, move, pitch, precipitate, prod, project, provoke, push, push forward, send, set in motion, spirit, start,… …

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  • 35parturition — /pahr too rish euhn, tyoo , choo /, n. Biol. the process of bringing forth young. [1640 50; < LL parturition (s. of parturitio) travail, equiv. to L parturit(us) (ptp. of parturire; see PARTURIENT) + ion ION] * * * I or birth or childbirth or&#8230; …

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  • 36crowd — Synonyms and related words: A string, Amati, Cremona, D string, E string, G string, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius, abound with, accelerate, age group, aggregation, army, assault, assemblage, assemble, assembly, band, bar, barricade, bass, bass&#8230; …

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  • 37expedite — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, advance, advantage, aid, air express, airfreight, airmail, boost, bundle, bustle, clear the way, conduce to, consign, contribute to, crowd, dispatch, drive on, drop a letter, ease, embark, enable, encourage …

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  • 38hasten — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, advance, advantage, aid, barrel, bolt, boost, bundle, burn to, bustle, career, chafe, chase, clear the way, conduce to, contribute to, crack on, crowd, dart, dash, dash off, dash on, dispatch, double time,&#8230; …

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  • 39quicken — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, activate, actuate, advance, advantage, aid, animate, arouse, awake, awaken, be begotten, be born, be incarnated, boost, brace, brace up, breathe life into, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to&#8230; …

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  • 40colonialism, Western — ▪ politics Introduction       a political economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world.       The age of modern colonialism began about 1500, following the European&#8230; …

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