Today's word has 9 letters in it:
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verb


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the definitions are as follows:

verb

1. -- ------- ------.

2. -- ------- -- ------ --------- -- ----, ---------, -- ---.

3. -- ------ -- - ---------- ------------- -- -----------: -------- -----------.

4. -- ------ (- ---------) --- -------- --- ------ -----------.

5. -- --- -- -------- -- -----.