v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of (*) proffer (*) contravene (*) refract (*) levy

v. to talk about vainly or foolishly (*) distill (*) refract (*) mediate (*) prate

v. to consider thoughtfully (*) encourage (*) incapacitate (*) contemplate (*) supersede

v. to relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity (*) accompany (*) enkindle (*) subside (*) encompass

v. to keep sacred (*) enshrine (*) preengage (*) undulate (*) miscount

v. to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages (*) enact (*) vociferate (*) stagnate (*) bowdlerize

v. to seek ultimate causes and principles (*) overrun (*) decapitate (*) philosophize (*) adulterate

v. to render of no further effect (*) transplant (*) repeal (*) depopulate (*) oversee

v. to meet and strike violently; to crash into each other (*) detrude (*) perambulate (*) elapse (*) collide

v. to lower in character or virtue (*) debase (*) dehydrate (*) recur (*) cauterize