Definition Dictionary

To draw out or infer something from available information.

To force someone or something out of a place.

Basic or essential to the nature of something.

To raise something in position, status, quality, or level.

Extremely thin and weakened, especially through lack of nourishment.

To take away the strength, effectiveness, or power of something.

A person or thing that gives a clear, concrete expression to an idea or quality.

To express the essential features of something briefly.

To include or surround within a larger whole.

Regularly present or characteristic within a particular place or group.

Originating within the system or organism being considered.

Absorbed in something to the exclusion of other concerns.

Something puzzling or difficult to understand.

To attract or persuade someone by offering something appealing.

A person or thing that perfectly represents a quality or type.

To represent the essential qualities of something.

The central or defining quality of something.

To avoid something by maneuvering around it or refusing to address it directly.

To raise someone or something in rank, esteem, or praise.

To remove or destroy something completely.

Obtaining something through threats or coercive pressure.

Coming from outside rather than belonging to a thing's essential nature.