| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To make up or cause to make up one's mind: conclude, decide, resolve, settle. See DECIDE. 2. To fix the limits of: bound2, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, limit, mark (off or out), measure. See LIMITED. 3. To obtain knowledge or awareness of something not known before, as through observation or study: ascertain, discover, find (out), hear, learn. See TEACH. 4. To make a decision about (a controversy or dispute, for example) after deliberation, as in a court of law: adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, decree, judge, referee, rule, umpire. See DECIDE, LAW.
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