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111ad|ju|di|cate — «uh JOO duh kayt», verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. –v.t. to decide or settle by law or as an authority; adjudge: »How long will it be before we have a civilized system of adjudicating management labor disputes? (New York Times). –v.i. to act as judge or… …
112ad|vo|cate — «verb. AD vuh kayt; noun. AD vuh kiht, kayt», verb, cat|ed, cat|ing, noun. –v.t. to speak or write in favor of; recommend publicly (a measure, policy, belief, or theory); support: »He advocates building more good roads. SYN …
113af|fri|cate — «AF ruh kiht», noun. Phonetics. a sound which begins as a stop and ends as a fricative. The ch in chin is an affricate because it starts like t and ends almost as sh. ╂[< Latin affricātus, past participle of affricāre rub against < ad… …
114a|lem|bi|cate — «uh LEHM buh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to distill in an alembic …
115al|lo|cate — «AL uh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. 1. to set or lay aside for a special purpose; assign or allot; apportion: »The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. SYNONYM(S): distribute …
116al|ter|cate — «L tuhr kayt, AL », intransitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to dispute angrily; quarrel. SYNONYM(S): wrangle. ╂[< Latin altercārī (with English ate1) < …
117a|lu|mi|no|sil|i|cate — «uh LOO muh noh SIHL uh kiht, kayt», noun. a compound of aluminum and silicon with a metal oxide or other radical (such as albite). Feldspars and zeolites are aluminosilicates …
118ap|ri|cate — «AP ruh kayt», intransitive verb, transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. Rare. to bask in or expose to sunlight. ╂[< Latin aprīcārī (with English ate1) < aprīcus exposed to the sun] –ap´ri|ca´tion, noun …
119ar|sen|i|cate — «ahr SEHN uh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to combine or treat with arsenic …
120aus|pi|cate — «S puh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. 1. to initiate (an undertaking) with a ceremony calculated to ensure good luck. 2. to begin; inaugurate. ╂[< Latin auspicāre (with English ate …
