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"To deprive; to cut off."
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"(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off."
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"roman": "ograničavam",
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"word": "ограничавам"
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"alt": "от права",
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"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "лишавам"
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{
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"sense": "to deprive",
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{
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"sense": "to deprive",
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{
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"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "eltulajdonít"
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{
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"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "privare"
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{
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"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "limitare"
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{
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "avkorte"
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{
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"sense": "to deprive",
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{
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"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "уменьша́ть"
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"roman": "ubavljátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "убавля́ть"
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"roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
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"word": "ограни́чивать"
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"sense": "to deprive",
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"To debar from."
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"(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from."
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"ref": "1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Book 2, Chapter 31, p. 85",
"text": "She retired her self to Sebaste, and abridged her train from State to necessity.",
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"To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent."
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"(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent."
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "qaṣṣar",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "قَصَّر"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skaračácʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"tags": [
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"roman": "skaracícʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
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"roman": "sǎkraštavam",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "съкращавам"
},
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"roman": "skǎsjavam",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "скъсявам"
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"sense": "to make shorter",
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"sense": "to make shorter",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "forkorte"
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{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "sammendrage"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "beperken"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "verkorten"
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"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "inkorten"
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"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "bekorten"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "lyhentää"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "typistää"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "supistaa"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abréger"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "verkürzen"
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{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "kürzen"
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{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "suntémnō",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "συντέμνω"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "megrövidít"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "megkurtít"
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{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "rövidít"
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{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "kurtít"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "accorciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abbreviare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abbreviō"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "whakapoto"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "sammendra"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "encurtar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "сокраща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukoráčivatʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "укора́чивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usekátʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "усека́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "giorraich"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "skraćívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "skratiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "condensar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "compendiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoróčuvaty",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "скоро́чувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 79 9 7 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorotýty",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "скороти́ти"
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"ref": "1911, Samuel Johnson, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica",
"text": "It was still necessary for the man who had been formerly saluted by the highest authority as dictator of the English language to supply his wants by constant toil. He abridged his Dictionary. He proposed to bring out an edition of Shakespeare by subscription, and many subscribers sent in their names and laid down their money; but he soon found the task so little to his taste that he turned to more attractive employments.",
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"ref": "1891, Henry Melville, chapter 3, in Billy Budd",
"text": "Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not \"impartiality forbid fastidiousness.\"",
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"To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense."
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"(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense."
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"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skaračácʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "скарача́ць"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skaracícʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"tags": [
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"word": "скараці́ць"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎkraštavam",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "съкращавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "forkorte"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "sammendrage"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "verkorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "inkorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "lyhentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abréger"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "verkürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "rövidít"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abbreviare"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "whakapoto"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "sammendra"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "resumir"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "сокраща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "summírovatʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "сумми́ровать"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "giorraich"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "skraćívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "скраћи́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "resumir"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoróčuvaty",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скоро́чувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 17 55 9 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorotýty",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
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"(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off."
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"text": "Such an episode in the Island's grand naval story her naval historians naturally abridge; one of them (G.P.R. James) candidly acknowledging that fain would he pass it over did not \"impartiality forbid fastidiousness.\"",
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"(transitive) Cut short; truncate."
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"(transitive) To curtail."
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"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "قَصَّر"
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"roman": "sǎkraštavam",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "съкращавам"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "скъсявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make shorter",
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],
"word": "krátit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "sammendrage"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "beperken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "verkorten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "inkorten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "bekorten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "lyhentää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "typistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "supistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abréger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "verkürzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "kürzen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "suntémnō",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "συντέμνω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "megrövidít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "megkurtít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "rövidít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "kurtít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "accorciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abbreviare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abbreviō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "whakapoto"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "sammendra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "encurtar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "сокраща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukoráčivatʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "укора́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "usekátʹ",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "усека́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "giorraich"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "skraćívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "skratiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "condensar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"word": "compendiar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoróčuvaty",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скоро́чувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorotýty",
"sense": "to make shorter",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "скороти́ти"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skaračácʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
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],
"word": "скарача́ць"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "skaracícʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "скараці́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎkraštavam",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "съкращавам"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "sammendrage"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "verkorten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "inkorten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "lyhentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abréger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "verkürzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "rövidít"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abbreviare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "whakapoto"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "sammendra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "resumir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "сокраща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "summírovatʹ",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "сумми́ровать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "giorraich"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "skraćívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "скраћи́вати"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"word": "resumir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoróčuvaty",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "скоро́чувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skorotýty",
"sense": "to shorten or contract by using fewer words",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "скороти́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ograničavam",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "ограничавам"
},
{
"alt": "от права",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "лишавам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"english": "van",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "beroven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "beknotten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "riistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "viedä"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "megrövidít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "eltulajdonít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "privare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "limitare"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "avkorte"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "privar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "despojar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "уменьша́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubavljátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "убавля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "ограни́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "urézyvatʹ",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "уре́зывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deprive",
"word": "privar"
}
],
"word": "abridge"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": lišavam (ot prava) vs. от права",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.