verb
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to make right; to change from wrong to right; to remove errors from; to correct.
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to make better by removing faults and defects; to reform.
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to train (a person, animal); to make suitable for a particular purpose.
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to make (things) tidy; to tidy up.
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to make ready; to prepare.
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to guide (another) to improve knowledge, ability, skill, etc.
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to become apt, correct or favourable.
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to foretell something good or favourable.
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to settle a quarrel or dispute; to reconcile conflicting parties.
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to be warded off; to be prevented from happening.
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to cause to flow in or as in a stream.
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to break and turn up or remove (ground, etc.) with a spade or other tool or with hands, claws, etc.
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to kill by stabbing.
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to delineate something in or paint, a picture.
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to write on a model letter to have a good control, and to master the art of writing.
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to read and mark corrections on (printers' proofs, etc.); to correct one's or another's writing.
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to cut or incise letters, designs, etc. in or on (a surface); to engrave.
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to repay completely a loan.
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to come to an end.
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to lessen (another's) burden, unbearable responsibility, etc.
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to allay or relieve (pain, an ache, etc.); to assuage; to soothe.
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to distribute; to disperse.