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  • 71compact — I adj 1. dense, solid, firm, hard; close, tight, tight knit, close knit, impermeable, impassable, impenetrable; thick, heavy, thickset, stubby, squat, short, stocky; condensed, concentrated, compressed, packed together, squeezed together, crowded …

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  • 72engage — v 1. occupy, employ, busy, engross, absorb; entertain, divert, amuse; hold, secure, tie up. 2. employ, hire, enlist, enroll, take on, Inf. take on board, bring aboard, put to work, put on the payroll; sign up, sign, retain, book, reserve;… …

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  • 73apprentice — ap•pren•tice [[t]əˈprɛn tɪs[/t]] n. v. ticed, tic•ing 1) a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber[/ex] 2) why a person legally bound through indenture to a master craftsman in order to learn a trade 3)… …

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  • 74enslave — [v] make someone a servant bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, get hooks into*, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate,… …

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  • 75in|den|ture — «ihn DEHN chuhr», noun, verb, tured, tur|ing. –n. 1. a written agreement, such as a contract or deed. 2. Also, indentures. a contract by which a person is bound to serve or work for someone else: »An apprentice has an indenture with the master… …

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