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Verb make or become ready, prepared
Synonyms: authorize, capacitate, certify, check out, come up to snuff, commission, condition, cut it, earn one’s wings, empower, enable, endow, entitle, equip, fill the bill, fit, get by, ground, hack it, make it, make the cut, make the grade, measure up, meet, pass, pass muster, permit, ready, sanction, score, suffice, suit, train
Antonyms: be unprepared, disqualify
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Verb lessen, restrict
Synonyms: abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken
Antonyms: allow, be lenient
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Verb characterize, distinguish
Synonyms: ascribe, assign, attribute, describe, designate, impute, individualize, individuate, mark, name, predicate, signalize, singularize