S: (v) civilize (civilize%2:30:01::), civilise (civilise%2:30:01::) (raise from a barbaric to a civilized state) "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
S: (v) convert (convert%2:30:03::) (change the nature, purpose, or function of something) "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
S: (v) make (make%2:30:00::), get (get%2:30:01::) (give certain properties to something) "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
S: (v) increase (increase%2:30:02::) (make bigger or more) "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
S: (v) edit (edit%2:30:00::), redact (redact%2:30:00::) (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting) "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
S: (v) oxygenize (oxygenize%2:30:02::), oxygenise (oxygenise%2:30:02::) (change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule))
S: (v) end (end%2:30:01::), terminate (terminate%2:30:01::) (bring to an end or halt) "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
S: (v) transform (transform%2:30:05::) (change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species)
S: (v) simplify (simplify%2:30:00::) (make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent) "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"
S: (v) refine (refine%2:30:05::) (make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of) "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
S: (v) civilize (civilize%2:30:01::), civilise (civilise%2:30:01::) (raise from a barbaric to a civilized state) "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
S: (v) saturate (saturate%2:30:01::) (cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance)
S: (v) insulate (insulate%2:30:01::) (protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material) "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
S: (v) nazify (nazify%2:30:00::) (cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character) "Hitler nazified Germany in the 1930's"; "The arts were nazified everywhere in Germany"
S: (v) enable (enable%2:30:00::) (render capable or able for some task) "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
S: (v) tense (tense%2:30:00::) (increase the tension on) "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
S: (v) saponify (saponify%2:30:00::) (convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali) "saponify oils and fats"
S: (v) denature (denature%2:30:01::) (modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished)
S: (v) shift (shift%2:30:03::) (move from one setting or context to another) "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
S: (v) sputter (sputter%2:30:00::) (cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed) "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
S: (v) draw (draw%2:30:14::) (bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition) "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close"
S: (v) make (make%2:30:15::) (change from one form into another) "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
S: (v) dope (dope%2:30:00::) (add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties) "The resistors have been doped"
S: (v) shake (shake%2:30:01::) (bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking) "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
S: (v) reflate (reflate%2:30:04::) (economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation) "These measures reflated the economy"
S: (v) intensify (intensify%2:30:10::) (make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark)
S: (v) ventilate (ventilate%2:30:01::) (furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape) "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space"
S: (v) bring (bring%2:35:04::) (cause to come into a particular state or condition) "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
S: (v) put (put%2:35:05::) (cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation) "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
S: (v) capture (capture%2:40:01::) (bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit) "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"
S: (v) turn (turn%2:42:13::) (cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics) "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
S: (v) cohere (cohere%2:42:01::) (cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole) "Religion can cohere social groups"