Action verbs for change

arrange serially - serialize , serialise Serialize the numbers arrest the motion (of something) abruptly - check0, He checked the flow of water by shutting off the main valve arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion - work0, become The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times arrive at the point of - get to, begin She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long assail - visit , afflict He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly assimilate culturally - acculturate , assimilate assume (more) feminine characteristics - feminize , feminise, change feminized language, feminized frogs assume a different shape or form - deform , change shape, change form, change assume a disappointed or sad expression - fall , fall , change Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off, his crest fell assume a form or shape - form , change the water formed little beads assume a globular shape - conglobate , conglobe, form assume a prim appearance - prim , change They mince and prim assume crystalline form; become crystallized - crystallize , crystalize, crystalise, effloresce , solidify attach or add - adjoin , add I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying - refine , attenuate many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set - shirr , bake shirr the eggs bake in a kiln so as to harden - fire , bake fire pottery bake in an oven - ovenbake, bake ovenbake this chicken be a forerunner of or occur earlier than - anticipate , occur This composition anticipates Impressionism be a precursor of - inaugurate , usher-in , introduce , begin The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period be abolished or discarded - go , disappear These ugly billboards have to go!, These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge be asphyxiated - suffocate , asphyxiate , stifle , die The child suffocated under the pillow be born or come into existence - come-to-life , come into being, be born All these flowers come to life when the rains come be born, used chiefly of lambs - fall , be born The lambs fell in the afternoon be broken in - break , change If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength - revive , boom Interest in ESP revived be carried somewhere by water or as if by water - wash-up , appear The body washed up on the beach be cast down - fall , change his eyes fell be converted into caramel - caramelize , caramelise, convert The sugar caramelized be cooked until very little liquid is left - concentrate , boil-down , reduce0, decoct , decrease The sauce should reduce to one cup be discharged or activated - go-off , explode the explosive devices went off be equal or harmonize - match , match , adjust The two pieces match be fixed as if by glue - glue His eyes were glued on her be formed or shaped anew - regenerate be found or available - come These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled be gradually disclosed or unfolded - develop , develop , develop , happen The plot developed slowly be issued or published - appear , come-out , materialize Did your latest book appear yet?, The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet be killed or die - buy it, pip out, die be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity - sparkle , scintillate , coruscate The musical performance sparkled, A scintillating conversation, his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall be or act in accordance with - go-by , follow Go by this rule and you'll be safe be or become preserved - cure , cure , change the apricots cure in the sun be persistent, refuse to stop - persevere , persist , hang in, hang-on , hold-on he persisted to call me every night, The child persisted and kept asking questions be pierced or punctured - puncture , break The tire punctured be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current - drift , accumulate snow drifting several feet high, sand drifting like snow be restored - come-back , return , reappear Her old vigor returned be revealed or disclosed - come-to-light , come to hand, appear The truth finally came to light be seized or affected in a specified way - take , become take sick, be taken drunk be set at a disadvantage - suffer , lose , suffer , worsen This author really suffers in translation, The painting loses something in this light be struck or affected by - catch , change catch fire, catch the mood be subject to fluctuation - drift0, change The stock market drifted upward