See obviate on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "obviative"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔb.viˌeɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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}
],
"word": "obviate"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "obviāte",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "obviāte"
},
"expansion": "obviāte",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Latin 4-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin verb forms",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"word": "obviō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person plural present active imperative of obviō"
],
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[
"obviō",
"obvio#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ob.u̯iˈaː.te/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ɔbu̯iˈäːt̪ɛ]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ob.viˈa.te/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[obviˈäːt̪e]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "obviate"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "obviate",
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}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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"Pages with entries",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
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],
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{
"word": "obviar"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
"links": [
[
"obviar",
"obviar#Spanish"
],
[
"te",
"te#Spanish"
]
],
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"form-of",
"imperative",
"object-second-person",
"object-singular",
"second-person",
"singular",
"with-voseo"
]
}
],
"word": "obviate"
}
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