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Premising
- verb - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
- set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
- take something as preexisting and given
Preposing
- verb - place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them"
Prevising
- verb - realize beforehand
- warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning; "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house"
Promising
- verb - full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"
- give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
- make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
- make a promise or commitment
- promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"
- showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man"
Proposing
- verb - ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
- make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
- present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
- propose or intend;
- put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
- suggest
Purposing
- verb - propose or intend;
- reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
Realising
- verb - be fully aware or cognizant of
- convert into cash; of goods and property
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
- expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
- make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions"
- perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
Recessing
- verb - close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
- make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
- put into a recess; "recess lights"
Rehousing
- verb - put up in a new or different housing
Relapsing
- verb - a failure to maintain a higher state
- deteriorate in health; "he relapsed"
- go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"