See motsi on Wiktionary
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"mot",
"mot#Norwegian Bokmål"
],
[
"si",
"si#Norwegian Bokmål"
]
],
"etymology_text": "mot (against) + si (say)",
"forms": [
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"form": "motsier",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "motsa",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "motsagt",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "motsiende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"imperative"
]
}
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49,
56
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50,
56
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],
"english": "Yes; you can probably outshout me; but you cannot refute me.",
"ref": "1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende:",
"text": "Ja, ja; I kan nok overskrige mig; men I kan ikke modsige mig.",
"translation": "Yes; you can probably outshout me; but you cannot refute me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"glosses": [
"gainsay, controvert, dispute"
],
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],
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"controvert"
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"dispute"
]
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "17 83",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"defy"
],
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"mot",
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],
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"si",
"si#Norwegian Bokmål"
]
],
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"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "motsa",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "motsagt",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "motsiende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "motsi",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
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50,
56
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"english": "Yes; you can probably outshout me; but you cannot refute me.",
"ref": "1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende:",
"text": "Ja, ja; I kan nok overskrige mig; men I kan ikke modsige mig.",
"translation": "Yes; you can probably outshout me; but you cannot refute me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"gainsay, controvert, dispute"
],
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{
"glosses": [
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]
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}
],
"word": "motsi"
}
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