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"word": "lesser anteater"
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"word": "Lesser Antilles"
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"word": "lesser bilby"
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{
"word": "lesser black-backed gull"
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{
"word": "lesser celandine"
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{
"word": "lesser chinchilla"
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{
"word": "lesser clubmoss"
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{
"word": "lesser crested tern"
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{
"word": "lesser-evilism"
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{
"word": "lesser flamingo"
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{
"word": "lesser goldfinch"
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{
"word": "lesser grey shrike"
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{
"word": "lesser included offence"
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{
"word": "lesser included offense"
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{
"word": "lesser jacana"
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{
"word": "lesser kestrel"
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{
"word": "lesser-known"
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{
"word": "lesser kudu"
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{
"word": "lesser mortal"
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{
"word": "lesser multangular"
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{
"word": "lesser nothura"
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{
"word": "lesser occipital nerve"
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{
"word": "lesser omentum"
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{
"word": "lesser petrosal nerve"
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{
"word": "lesser prairie chicken"
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{
"word": "lesser redpoll"
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{
"word": "lesser rhea"
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{
"word": "lesser roadrunner"
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{
"word": "lesser rorqual"
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{
"word": "lesser sac"
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{
"word": "lesser sandplover"
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{
"word": "lesser saphenous vein"
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{
"word": "lesser scaup"
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{
"word": "lesser seal script"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "lesser vestibular glands"
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"word": "lesser wanderer"
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{
"word": "lesser whistling duck"
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{
"word": "lesser whistling teal"
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"word": "lesser white-fronted goose"
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"word": "lesser whitethroat"
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"word": "lesser roadrunner"
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"word": "lesser seal script"
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{
"word": "Lesser Sunda Islands"
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{
"word": "lesser trochanter"
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{
"word": "lesser vestibular glands"
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{
"word": "lesser wanderer"
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{
"word": "lesser whistling duck"
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{
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{
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{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
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"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
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"indicative",
"plural",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "lessai",
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"indicative",
"preterite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lessas",
"source": "conjugation",
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"preterite",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"plural",
"preterite"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"preterite",
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{
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"plural",
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"third-person"
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{
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"future",
"indicative",
"singular"
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},
{
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"indicative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"future",
"indicative",
"plural"
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},
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"indicative",
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"indicative",
"plural",
"second-person"
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"indicative",
"plural",
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"plural",
"second-person"
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{
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{
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"conditional",
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{
"form": "les",
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"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
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"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lest",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "lessons",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
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},
{
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
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]
},
{
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"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"subjunctive"
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"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
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{
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"first-person",
"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lessissoiz",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lessissez",
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"tags": [
"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "lessissiez",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
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},
{
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"multiword-construction",
"pluperfect",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "lesse",
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"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "les",
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"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lessons",
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"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lessez",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
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"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "lesser",
"name": "head"
}
],
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},
"name": "fro-conj-er"
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],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "laissier"
}
],
"categories": [
"Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"Old French first group verbs",
"Old French irregular verbs",
"Old French lemmas",
"Old French verbs",
"Old French verbs ending in -er",
"Old French verbs with weak-a preterite",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"laissier",
"laissier#Old_French"
]
],
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}
],
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}
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