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descend

descend : to pass by inheritance de·scen·di·bil·i·ty [-sen-də-bi-lə-tē] n de·scend·ible [-sen-də-bəl] adj ...

protect 1 : to shield from injury or harm [ing public health and safety] 2 : to secure or preserve against encroachment, infringement, restriction, or violation : maintain the status or integrity of esp. through legal or constitutional guarantees [ a work against copyright infringement] [the First Amendment s speech] 3 : to restrict competition for (as domestic industries) by means of tariffs or trade controls pro·tect·able or pro·tect·ible adj ...

reduce

reduce re·duced re·duc·ing 1 : to make smaller 2 a : to convert (a chose in action) into a chose in possession [enforcement action sought to to possession her property interest in the…determination of money damages "Haynes v. Contat, 643 N.E.2d 941 (1994)"] b : to convert by enforcement through litigation [may his claim to judgment, foreclose or otherwise enforce the security interest "Uniform Commercial Code"] re·duc·ibil·i·ty [-dü-sə-bi-lə-tē, -dyü-] n re·duc·ible [-dü-sə-bəl, -dyü-] adj re·duc·ibly adv re·duc·tion [ri-dək-shən] n reduce to practice : to cause to undergo reduction to practice ...

revert

revert 1 : to come or go back (as to a former status or state) [if the donee of a general power fails to exercise it…the appointive assets to the donor's estate "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] 2 : to return to the grantor or his or her heirs as a reversion re·vert·ible [-vər-tə-bəl] adj ...

suppress

suppress 1 : to put down by authority or force 2 a : to keep secret b : to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of 3 a : to exclude (illegally obtained evidence) from use at trial [ narcotics found in violation of the right against unreasonable search and seizure] b : to fail to disclose (material evidence favorable to a defendant) in violation of due process [accused the prosecution of ing evidence] compare brady material vi : to suppress evidence sup·press·ible adj sup·pres·sion [-pre-shən] n ...

ible

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