All hit on synonyms
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H h verb hit on
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- seek β to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- bid β A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- beg β If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- importune β to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- implore β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- proposition β the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- solicit β to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- strike β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- supplicate β to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- adjure β to command, often by exacting an oath; charge
- unmask β to strip a mask or disguise from.
- note β a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- descry β to discern or make out; catch sight of
- ascertain β If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- scent β a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- madden β to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- coquet β to behave flirtatiously
- disport β to divert or amuse (oneself).
- banter β Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
- ogle β to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- pitch β to smear or cover with pitch.
- philander β (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- dally β If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
- gam β a herd or school of whales.
- bait β Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- inveigle β to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- allure β to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- beckon β If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- decoy β If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
- captivate β If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
- cajole β If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- invite β to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- haul β to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- train β Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- charm β Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- tempt β to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- pull β pull media