All optate antonyms

verb optate

• insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
• put in — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
• begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
• vote down — proposal: defeat
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
• dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
• hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• lessen — to become less.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• fire — combustion
• forfeit — a fine; penalty.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
• add — ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
• misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
• receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.