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  • 91rise — I (appreciation) noun accession, acclivity, accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, advance, advancement, amplification, appearance, appreciation, ascension, ascent, augmentation, boom, climb, derivation, elevation, enhancement, enlargement,… …

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  • 92beginning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Starting point Nouns 1. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception; alpha, initial; installation, inauguration, debut; foundation, reaction, initiation; embarkation, rising of the… …

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  • 93institute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. found, inaugurate; organize, start, begin, commence; originate, organize. See beginning. n. institution; school, college; foundation; society; museum; hospital, etc. See party. II (Roget s IV) v. 1 …

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  • 94launch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. float, start, get going; throw, cast, hurl. See beginning, propulsion, astronautics. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. motorboat, cabin cruiser, ship s launch; see boat , ship . v. 1. [To initiate] Syn.… …

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  • 95originate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. start, invent, begin, inaugurate, initiate, cause; proceed, spring. See beginning, imagination. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To have a beginning] Syn. start, arise, dawn; see arise 3 , begin 2 . 2. [To… …

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  • 96start — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. begin, commence, set out; jerk, jump, shy; loosen, crack; originate; get going; startle, rouse. See beginning, propulsion, impulse, departure, fear. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The beginning] Syn.… …

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  • 97induct — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. conscript, initiate, draft; see enlist 1 , recruit 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bring in, install, instate, swear in, inaugurate. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To admit formally into membership or office, as… …

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  • 98Beginning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Beginning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 beginning beginning commencement opening outset incipience inception inchoation Sgm: N 1 introduction introduction &c.(precursor) 64 Sgm: N 1 alpha alpha …

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  • 99Celebration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Celebration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 celebration celebration solemnization jubilee commemoration ovation paean triumph jubilation Sgm: N 1 china anniversary china anniversary diamond anniversary golden anniversary …

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  • 100augur — [14] In Roman times, an augur was someone who foretold the future by observing the flight of birds (or by examining their entrails). His method of divination was reflected in his title, for the Latin word augur, earlier auger, seems to have meant …

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