Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

A

abate
abbreviate
ablate
abort
abridge
absent
absorb
abuse
accelerate
acclimate
acclimatise
acclimatize
accommodate
accrete
accrue
acculturate
accumulate
accustom
acerbate
acetify
acetylate
acetylise
acetylize
achromatise
achromatize
acidify
acquire
activate
acuminate
adapt
add
add on
add to
addle
address
adhere
adjoin
adjourn
adjust
admix
adolesce
adopt
adulterate
advance
aerate
aerify
affect
afflict
age
Agenise
Agenize
aggravate
air
air out
air-slake
alchemise
alchemize
alcoholise
alcoholize
align
aline
alkalify
alkalinise
alkalinize
alkalise
alkalize
allegorise
allegorize
alleviate
alligator
alloy
alphabetise
alphabetize
alter
alternate
amass
ameliorate
amend
Americanise
Americanize
ammoniate
ammonify
amplify
anglicise
anglicize
angulate
animalise
animalize
animate
animise
animize
anneal
annihilate
anodise
anodize
antedate
anticipate
antiquate
antique
appear
appreciate
apprise
apprize
arborise
arborize
archaise
archaize
arise
arterialise
arterialize
ash
ask for it
ask for trouble
asphyxiate
assibilate
assimilate
assume
asterisk
astringe
atomise
atomize
attack
attemper
attenuate
attune
augment
aurify
auspicate
automate
automatise
automatize
avianise
avianize
ax
axe
azure

B

back
back up
backfire
background
backlog
backscatter
backslide
bacterise
bacterize
baffle
bail
bail out
bake
bald
bale out
ballast
balloon
barbarise
barbarize
barbecue
barbeque
bare
bark
basify
basset
baste
bate
batik
batter
be born
be on
bear on
bear upon
beautify
becalm
bechance
become
become flat
bedew
bedim
bedraggle
beef up
befall
befoul
begin
belch
belittle
belly
belly out
beneficiate
benficiate
benight
besprinkle
bestialise
bestialize
bestir oneself
betide
better
bifurcate
bilge
billow
bind
biodegrade
bituminise
bituminize
black
black out
blacken
blacken out
blackwash
blanch
blank out
blast
bleach
bleach out
blear
bleed
blemish
blend
blend in
blind
blister
bloat
block
bloody
bloom
blossom
blossom forth
blossom out
blot out
blow
blow out
blow over
blow up
blow-dry
blue
blue-pencil
blunt
blur
blush
bog
bog down
boil
boil down
boil over
bolshevise
bolshevize
bolster
bolster up
bolt
bombard
bombproof
bone
boom
boost
bottleneck
bounce back
bound
bourgeon
bowdlerise
bowdlerize
brace oneself for
brace up
braise
branch
branch out
bray
break
break apart
break down
break in
break into
break loose
break off
break open
break out
break short
break through
break up
breathe
brecciate
brew
brighten
brim
brine
bring
bring down
bring home
bring out
brisk
brisk up
brisken
broaden
broil
bromate
brominate
bronze
brown
bruise
brush
brush up
brutalise
brutalize
bubble
buckle
buckram
bud
buffer
build
build in
build up
bulge
bulk
bull
bulletproof
bump up
bur
burgeon
burgeon forth
burke
burl
burn
burn down
burn off
burn out
burn up
burr
burst
burst forth
burst out
bus
bushel
bust
buttress
butylate
buy it
buy the farm
buy time

C

calcify
calcine
calibrate
callous
callus
calm
calm down
camp
camphorate
can
cancel out
cap
cap off
capacitate
capitalise
capitalize
capsule
capsulise
capsulize
caramelise
caramelize
carbonate
carbonise
carbonize
carboxylate
carburise
carburize
carmine
carnalise
carnalize
carnify
carry
carry off
carry out
carry over
carve out
caseate
cash in one's chips
castrate
catabolise
catabolize
catalyse
catalyze
catch
catch on
catheterise
catheterize
catholicise
catholicize
cauterise
cauterize
centralise
centralize
chafe
change
change by reversal
change form
change integrity
change magnitude
change over
change shape
change state
change surface
channel-surf
chap
char
charge
chasten
cheapen
check
checker
chequer
child-proof
childproof
chill
chink
chip away
chip away at
chlorinate
choke
choke back
choke down
choke off
chondrify
chord
Christianise
Christianize
chrome
chronologise
chronologize
circularize
circumscribe
citify
citrate
civilise
civilize
clabber
clamp down
clarify
classicise
classicize
clean
clean out
clean up
cleanse
clear
clear away
clear off
clear out
clear up
clear-cut
click off
climax
climb
climb up
clinker
clip
clock
clog
cloister
close
close out
closure
clot
cloture
cloud
cloud over
clutter
clutter up
coagulate
coalesce
coarsen
cobble
coddle
codify
coincide
coke
collapse
collimate
colonise
colonize
color
color in
colorise
colorize
colour
colour in
colourise
colourize
combine
combust
come
come about
come along
come apart
come around
come back
come down
come forth
come into being
come off
come on
come out
come through
come to hand
come to life
come to light
come up
commence
commercialise
commercialize
commingle
comminute
communise
communize
commutate
commute
compartmentalise
compartmentalize
complement
complete
complexify
complexion
complicate
compost
compound
concatenate
concentrate
conciliate
concrete
concretise
concretize
concur
condense
condition
confine
confine to
confirm
conflate
conform
conform to
congeal
conglobate
conglobe
conglomerate
conjugate
conk
conk out
conquer
conserve
consolidate
constellate
constipate
constitutionalise
constitutionalize
constrain
constrict
constringe
consubstantiate
contaminate
continue
contract
conventionalise
conventionalize
converge
convert
cook
cook out
cool
cool down
cool off
coordinate
copolymerise
copolymerize
cork
corn
correct
corrode
corrupt
coruscate
counterchange
crack
crack down
crackle
cram
cramp
crash
craze
cream
crease
cremate
creolize
creosote
crescendo
crinkle
cripple
crisp
crispen
crisscross
croak
crop out
crown
crumb
crumble
crump
crumple

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