verb - to think about something again in order to decide if you need to change your opinion about it

verb - to discourage; to persuade somebody to stop doing something because it is not a very good idea etc.

verb - to make it possible for someone to experience something; to make it likely that something will influence someone

verb - to tell somebody that you want something good to happen to them, esp. at their birthday party etc.

verb - to create a balance, to reduce or add something on one side in order to create a balance

verb - to cause someone great pain esp. in order to make them give you information or to punish them

verb - to bend, stretch or move your arm etc., especially to show muscles or to prepare for an exercise

phrase - to begin with, a phrase used to refer to something that should have been said at the beginning

adverb - used to introduce a different way of saying something, often to make it clearer or easier to understand

verb - to reply, to say something when somebody asks you a question

verb - to send a copy of something to many people or places

verb, British English, technical - to make someone sensitive to something, for example, light, touch, etc.