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Main Entry:	cause
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring into being; bring about
Synonyms:	begin, brainstorm, break in, break the ice, breed, bring to pass, come out with, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, revert, secure, work up, be at the bottom of, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, lead to, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up

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Main Entry:	derivative
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	borrowed, transmitted from source
Synonyms:	acquired, ancestral, cognate, copied, hereditary, imitative, inferential, secondary, secondhand, subordinate, unoriginal, caused, coming from, connate, evolved, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiaristic, plagiarized, procured, rehashed, uninventive
Antonyms:	inventive, original, unique, unborrowed

Main Entry:	originating
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	rising
Synonyms:	arising, beginning, fashioned, induced, inspired, made, produced, starting, activated, authored, begot, caused, commencing, created, dawning, deriving, emanating, formed, generated, incepted, issuing, motivated

Main Entry:	induced
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	brought about
Synonyms:	done, finished, achieved, caused, effected

Main Entry:	actuate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms:	activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work up*, fire up, key up, put up to, work into lather
Notes:	when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions
Antonyms:	impede, stop

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	beget
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	create, bear
Synonyms:	afford, breed, bring, bring about, cause, effect, engender, father, generate, get, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, sire, give rise to, progenerate, result in

Main Entry:	begin
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	start
Synonyms:	activate, actualize, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, prepare, produce, set up, trigger, undertake, break ground, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion
Antonyms:	complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish

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Main Entry:	breed
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	generate, bring into being
Synonyms:	bear, beget, bring about, cause, create, deliver, engender, hatch, impregnate, induce, make, multiply, originate, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, bring forth, give birth to, give rise to, progenerate
Antonyms:	not produce

Main Entry:	bring on
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	provoke
Synonyms:	accelerate, advance, cause, expedite, generate, induce, inspire, occasion, precipitate, prompt, give rise to, lead to

Main Entry:	contract
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	catch disease
Synonyms:	acquire, afflict, be afflicted with, be ill with, become infected with, bring on, cause, come down with, decline, derange, develop, disorder, fall, fall victim to, get, go down with, incur, indispose, induce, obtain, sicken, sink, succumb to, take, take one's death, upset, weaken
Antonyms:	give

Main Entry:	do
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, act, arrange, be responsible for, bring about, cause, close, complete, conclude, cook, create, determine, discharge, do one's thing, effect, end, engage in, execute, finish, fix, fulfill, get ready, get with it, go for it, look after, make, make ready, move, operate, organize, perform, prepare, produce, pull off, see to, succeed, take care of business, take on, transact, undertake, wind up, work, wrap up*
Antonyms:	defer, destroy, fail, idle, lose, miss, neglect, pass, put off, undo

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Main Entry:	effect
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out, accomplish
Synonyms:	achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield
Antonyms:	fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook

Main Entry:	elicit
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	draw out
Synonyms:	badger, bite, bring, bring out, bring to light, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, milk, obtain, rattle, shake, squeeze, wrest, wring, arm-twist, bring forth, call forth, give rise to, put muscle on, put the arm on, shake down
Antonyms:	cover, hide, keep, repress, supress

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Main Entry:	engineer
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	devise; bring about
Synonyms:	angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	entail
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	require; result in
Synonyms:	bring about, call for, cause, demand, encompass, entangle, evoke, impose, involve, necessitate, occasion, require, tangle, give rise to, lead to

Main Entry:	execute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out a task
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, act, administer, bring off, cause, come through, complete, consummate, discharge, do, effect, enact, enforce, finish, fulfill, govern, hack it, hit, implement, meet, percolate, perform, play, polish off, prosecute, pull off, realize, render, score, transact, administrate, bring to fruition, deal with, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, earn wings, get there, make it, put into effect, put over, put through, sail through, take care of, take care of business
Antonyms:	abandon, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, leave, miss, neglect, shirk

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Main Entry:	force
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	obligate to do something
Synonyms:	apply, bear down, bind, blackmail, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, press, pressure, require, restrict, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, concuss, dragoon, pin down, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, sandbag, shotgun
Antonyms:	let go

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Main Entry:	generate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	produce, create
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring to pass, cause, develop, effect, engender, form, found, get up, hatch, inaugurate, induce, initiate, institute, introduce, make, multiply, muster, occasion, originate, parent, perform, procreate, propagate, provoke, reproduce, set up, spawn, whip up*, work up, give birth to, give rise to
Antonyms:	break, destroy

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	give
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	perform action
Synonyms:	address, apply, bend, buckle down, cause, devote, direct, do, engender, lead, make, occasion, produce, throw, turn

Main Entry:	hatch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	create, plan
Synonyms:	bear, brainstorm, breed, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, dream up, engender, formulate, generate, get up, incubate, induce, invent, make, make up, occasion, originate, parent, plot, prepare, procreate, produce, project, provoke, scheme, set, sire, spawn, whip up, work up, bring forth, give birth, lay eggs, spitball, think up, throw together, trump up