To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
To begin or initiate (something); to found.
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
To nominate; to appoint.
An organization founded to promote a cause
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
The building housing such an institution