Hypernyms for "modify"
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                    accelerate
                    accustom
                    acerbate
                    acetylate
                    acetylise
                    acetylize
                    achromatise
                    achromatize
                    activate
                    add
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                    aerate
                    affect
                    age
                    aggravate
                    alchemise
                    alchemize
                    alcoholise
                    alcoholize
                    alien
                    alienate
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                    allegorise
                    allegorize
                    alter
                    amalgamate
                    ameliorate
                    amend
                    Americanise
                    Americanize
                    angulate
                    animalise
                    animalize
                    animate
                    animise
                    animize
                    antiquate
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                    arouse
                    arterialise
                    arterialize
                    ash
                    assimilate
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                    automate
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                    beef up
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                    bubble
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                    calcify
                    camp
                    capture
                    cause to sleep
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                    commercialise
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                    confuse
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                    cut
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                    decelerate
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                    de-emphasise
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                    dehydrogenate
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                    democratise
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                    dissimilate
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                    disturb
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                    dizzy
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                    dope
                    draw
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                    ease up
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                    edit out
                    effeminise
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                    elaborate
                    elevate
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                    embrittle
                    empty
                    emulsify
                    enable
                    end
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                    envenom
                    equal
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                    equate
                    eroticize
                    estrange
                    eternalise
                    eternalize
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                    eternize
                    etherealize
                    etherialise
                    etiolate
                    Europeanise
                    Europeanize
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                    even
                    even out
                    exacerbate
                    exasperate
                    exchange
                    excite
                    expand
                    extend
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                    externalise
                    externalize
                    fasten
                    fat
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                    fatten out
                    fatten up
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                    feminise
                    feminize
                    fertilise
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                    fill
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                    fill up
                    fix
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                    flesh out
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                    form
                    fortify
                    freeze
                    Frenchify
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                    gelatinize
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                    glorify
                    grace
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                    habituate
                    harden
                    harmonise
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                    harshen
                    heat
                    heat up
                    hide
                    hop up
                    hot up
                    hue
                    humanise
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                    humble
                    hydrogenate
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                    immaterialize
                    immortalise
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                    impact
                    impart
                    improve
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                    incandesce
                    incapacitate
                    increase
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                    individualise
                    individualize
                    industrialise
                    industrialize
                    inflate
                    inflect
                    inform
                    inseminate
                    inspissate
                    insulate
                    intensify
                    interchange
                    internationalise
                    internationalize
                    intransitivise
                    intransitivize
                    introvert
                    invalidate
                    invert
                    iodinate
                    ionate
                    Islamise
                    Islamize
                    isomerise
                    isomerize
                    lace
                    laicise
                    laicize
                    land
                    legitimate
                    lend
                    lessen
                    let up
                    liberalise
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                    lifehack
                    lift
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                    lighten up
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                    liquidise
                    liquidize
                    liquify
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                    louden
                    lower
                    lubricate
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                    make
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                    make full
                    make grow
                    mark
                    market
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                    muddy
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                    mythicize
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                    mythologize
                    nationalise
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                    nazify
                    neutralise
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                    nick
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                    obfuscate
                    objectify
                    obliterate
                    obnubilate
                    obscure
                    occidentalise
                    occidentalize
                    officialise
                    officialize
                    opacify
                    opalise
                    opalize
                    opsonize
                    optimise
                    optimize
                    orientalise
                    orientalize
                    ornament
                    ossify
                    outmode
                    overcloud
                    overturn
                    oxidate
                    oxidise
                    oxidize
                    oxygenise
                    oxygenize
                    paganise
                    paganize
                    pall
                    parallel
                    patent
                    perplex
                    personalise
                    personalize
                    pervert
                    piggyback
                    plasticise
                    plasticize
                    plump
                    plump out
                    poison
                    polarise
                    polarize
                    politicise
                    politicize
                    port
                    prepare
                    pressurise
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                    profane
                    professionalise
                    professionalize
                    proof
                    prostrate
                    purge
                    purify
                    put
                    qualify
                    radicalize
                    raise
                    rarefy
                    rarify
                    rationalise
                    rationalize
                    ready
                    reclaim
                    recombine
                    recommend
                    reconstruct
                    rectify
                    redact
                    redo
                    redress
                    reestablish
                    refine
                    reflate
                    reform
                    refresh
                    refreshen
                    regenerate
                    reinstate
                    relax
                    remodel
                    renormalise
                    renormalize
                    replace
                    restore
                    restrict
                    retard
                    reverse
                    revolutionise
                    revolutionize
                    right
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                    romanticise
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                    round
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                    round off
                    round out
                    rouse
                    rusticate
                    sanctify
                    sanitise
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                    saponify
                    saturate
                    sauce
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                    schematize
                    scramble
                    sensibilise
                    sensibilize
                    sensify
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                    sensitize
                    sentimentalise
                    sentimentalize
                    set
                    set aside
                    set up
                    sex up
                    sexualise
                    sexualize
                    shade
                    shake
                    shallow
                    shape
                    sharpen
                    shift
                    shoal
                    shorten
                    simplify
                    slenderise
                    slenderize
                    slow down
                    smut
                    sober
                    socialise
                    socialize
                    soften
                    soil
                    solemnise
                    solemnize
                    solvate
                    soup up
                    specialise
                    specialize
                    speed
                    speed up
                    spice
                    spice up
                    spike
                    spiritualize
                    spoil
                    sputter
                    stabilise
                    stabilize
                    stain
                    steepen
                    stiffen
                    still
                    straighten
                    straighten out
                    strengthen
                    string
                    subdue
                    sublimate
                    substitute
                    subtilize
                    suburbanise
                    suburbanize
                    subvert
                    supercharge
                    supple
                    suspend
                    sweeten
                    switch
                    symmetrise
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                    synchronise
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                    tame
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                    transform
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                    translate
                    transmute
                    transpose
                    transubstantiate
                    turn
                    turn back
                    uglify
                    unclutter
                    undo
                    unfit
                    uniformise
                    uniformize
                    unify
                    unite
                    unsanctify
                    unscramble
                    unsex
                    unsubstantialise
                    unsubstantialize
                    untie
                    untune
                    update
                    urbanise
                    urbanize
                    validate
                    vaporise
                    variegate
                    vascularise
                    vascularize
                    veil
                    ventilate
                    verbify
                    vesiculate
                    virilise
                    virilize
                    visualise
                    visualize
                    vitalise
                    vitalize
                    vitiate
                    vitrify
                    vivify
                    void
                    volatilise
                    volatilize
                    vulgarise
                    vulgarize
                    wake
                    wake up
                    waken
                    warm
                    weaken
                    weaponize
                    westernise
                    westernize
                    wet
                    widen
                    womanize
                    worsen
            
    What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.