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blame, accuse, calumniate, reprimand, castigate, denounce, boast,
complain, lament
Commissives commit, pledge, undertake, engage, promise, hypothecate, guarantee,
(32) threaten, vow, avow, swear, assure, certify, accept, agree, consent,
acquiesce, abide, reject, refuse, renounce, offer, counter-offer, bid,
rebid, tender, dedicate, wager, contract, covenant, subscribe
Directives direct, request, ask, question, inquire, interrogate, urge, encourage,
(56) discourage, solicit, appeal, petition, invite, convene, convoke, beg,
supplicate, beseech, implore, entreat, conjure, pray, insist, tell, instruct,
demand, require, claim, order, command, dictate, prescribe, enjoin,
adjure, exorcise, forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscrice, commission,
charge, suggest, propose, warn, advise, caution, alert, alarm,
recommend, permit, allow, authorize, consent, invoke, imprecate,
intercede.
Declaratives declare, renounce, disclaim, disown, resign, repudiate, disavow, retract,
(85) abdicate, abjure, deny, disinherit, yield, surrender, capitulate, approve,
confirm, sanction, ratify, homologate, bless, curse, dedicate,
consecrate, disapprove, stipulate, name, call, define, abbreviate,
nominate, authorize, license, install, appoint, establish, institute,
inaugurate, convene, convoke, open, close, suspend, adjourn,
terminate, dissolve, denounce, vote, veto, enact, legislate, promulgate,
decree, confer, grant, bestow, accord, cede, rule, adjudge, adjudicate,
condemn, sentence, damn, clear, acqui, disculpate, exonerate, pardon,
forgive, absolve, cancell, annul, abolish, abrogate, revoke, repeal,
rescind, retract, sustain, bequeath, baptize, excommunicate.
Expressives approve, compliment, praise, laud, extol, plaudit, appaud, acclaim, brag,
(28) boast, complain, disapprove, blame, reprove, deplore, protest, grieve,
mourn, lament, rejoice, cheer, boo, condole, congratulate, thank,
apologize, greet, welcome.

3.R. Ohmann
Expositives
Attesters conjecture, state, submit, postulate, testify, predict,
regret, insist, swear. Etc.
Sequences conclude, rejoin, infer, answer, respond, deduce,
add, etc.
Positioners endorse, deny, affirm, subscribe to, withdraw, demur
to, object to, agree to, repudiate, etc.
Emphatics tell, inform, assure, put it to, etc.
queries ask, inquire, demand to know, etc
Status Fixers
Verdictives Call, diagnose, judge, value, assess, define, identify,
estimate, reckon, analyze, etc.
Operatives christen, declare, appoint, name, designate,
pronounce, etc.
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