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02670890-v:
serve a purpose, role, or function
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01409581-a:
resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
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00011852-v:
act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
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00011982-v:
act as a medical quack or a charlatan
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00013858-v:
act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner
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00503164-v:
act as a stimulant
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00833199-v:
act as an informer
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00833702-v:
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
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00858437-v:
act as a cheerleader in a sports event
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01076130-v:
act as a backstop
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01089737-v:
act as an organized group
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act as a critic
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act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
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01196775-a:
serving or acting as a means or aid
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01720491-v:
act as the stooge
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01827261-a:
acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
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01933305-v:
act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
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02071636-n:
small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
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02102002-v:
travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
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02261464-v:
act as a broker
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02343252-v:
act as the banker in a game or in gambling
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02371684-v:
act as a partner
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02394662-v:
act as a substitute
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02414710-v:
act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
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02440020-v:
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
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02443609-v:
act as president
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02447133-v:
act as the coxswain, in a boat race
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02456270-v:
work or act as a baby-sitter
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02575536-v:
act as a shill
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02592397-v:
act as a master of ceremonies
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02592543-v:
act as the host and receive or introduce one's guests
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02592667-v:
act as a guardian to someone
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02592776-v:
act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
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02621853-v:
act as a barrier between; stand between
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02927887-n:
a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle
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02999936-n:
anything that acts as a restraint
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03042005-a:
especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
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03047553-n:
any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
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03143400-n:
a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal; acts as a rectifier
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03584526-n:
an antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
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03755712-n:
toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis
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03785843-n:
a large dose of estrogen taken orally within 24 to 72 hours after intercourse; prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive; commonly used after rape or incest
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a gear position that acts as a parking brake
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a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
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04485226-n:
a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
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04501370-n:
a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
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05613625-n:
(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
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a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
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06530789-n:
a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent
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08035233-n:
a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s
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08069878-n:
a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller
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an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
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one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
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persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
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a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank
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a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved
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a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
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a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
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an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
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09778676-n:
a confident assertive person who acts as instigator
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09780249-n:
someone who acts as assistant
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a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
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an operative who acts as a courier or go-between from a case officer to a secret agent in a hostile area
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09876152-n:
a financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal
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a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
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a young man acting as a servant on a ship
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09951953-n:
a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
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someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
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10106752-n:
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
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10299250-n:
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
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in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
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any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
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in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
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a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
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10745332-n:
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
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a church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies
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(Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
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10995292-n:
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820)
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(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor
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a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
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an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter
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something that hardens to act as adhesive material
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any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
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14908297-n:
enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine
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a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
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14981983-n:
any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates
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a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
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any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production
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