Positive verbs that start with M
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To make a good quality, effect, or detail more noticeable.
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Shared credit can magnify the value of a team achievement.
To keep something in a good, useful, or steady condition.
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Regular checks help maintain the bridge in safe condition.
To handle a task, responsibility, or difficulty successfully.
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With a clear schedule, the small team can manage the transition.
To show a quality or feeling clearly through actions or results.
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Her care for the neighborhood manifested in years of patient service.
To release a person from slavery or oppressive control.
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The legal decree helped manumit people who had been unjustly enslaved.
To feel delighted wonder or admiration.
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Visitors marvel at the detail in the hand-carved doors.
To gain complete skill or control through learning and practice.
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After months of practice, Jo began to master the difficult rhythm.
To plan and direct a complex project with great skill.
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A local architect masterminded the station's careful restoration.
To make the greatest useful amount or effect possible.
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The new layout will maximize daylight in every classroom.
To help people in disagreement reach a fair understanding or solution.
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A trained neighbor offered to mediate the boundary dispute.
To focus the mind quietly for calm, awareness, or reflection.
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He likes to meditate for ten minutes before the household wakes.
To improve a difficult or unsatisfactory condition.
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The shade trees will meliorate summer heat around the playground.
To preserve and honor the memory of a person or event.
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The mural will memorialize the workers who built the first bridge.
To repair damage or restore a relationship or condition.
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An honest apology helped mend the friendship.
To guide and support someone as they develop knowledge or skill.
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Experienced nurses mentor each new member of the ward team.
To hold attention completely through beauty, skill, or charm.
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The cellist's final passage mesmerized the outdoor audience.
To reduce the harm, severity, or difficulty of something.
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Extra shade will mitigate the summer heat in the playground.
To organize people or resources for effective action.
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Residents mobilized to deliver water during the outage.
To demonstrate a behavior or standard that others can follow.
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Senior staff model calm communication during emergencies.
To update something with current and more effective methods.
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The grant will modernize the library's aging computer room.
To calm someone's anger or ease their anxiety.
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A sincere explanation helped mollify the disappointed customer.
To give someone a reason or desire to act.
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Visible progress can motivate a learner to keep practicing.
To reflect thoughtfully on an idea or possibility.
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They sat by the lake and mused about the journey ahead.