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Aliening
- verb - arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"
- transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs"
Aligning
- verb - align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
- be or come into adjustment with
- bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"
- causing to fall into line or into position
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
Allaying
- verb - lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
- Relieve or remove fear..stress etc
- satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
Alleging
- verb - Claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case.
- report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
Allowing
- verb -
- allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
- allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
- consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
- give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
- grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
- Permit
Alloying
- verb - lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- make an alloy of
Alluding
- verb - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
- Refer to
Alluring
- verb - dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
- highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
Altering
- verb - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered"
- remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
- the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"