| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A preliminary plan or version, as of a written work: outline, rough, skeleton, sketch. See PLANNED, WORDS. 2. Compulsory enrollment in military service: conscription, induction, levy. See GIVE. 3. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed: drink, potation, pull, quaff, sip, sup, swill. Informal : swig. Slang : belt. See MOUTH. 4. The act of drawing or pulling a load: drag, draw, haul, pull, traction. See PUSH. | | VERB: | 1. To devise and set down: draw up, formulate, frame. See WORDS. 2. To draw up a preliminary plan or version of: adumbrate, block in or (out), outline, rough in or (out), sketch. See PLANNED. 3. To enroll compulsorily in military service: conscript, induct, levy. See GIVE.
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