See affidavit on Wiktionary
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}
],
"word": "affidavit"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "affīdāvit",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "affīdāvit"
},
"expansion": "affīdāvit",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"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 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "to swear",
"word": "affīdō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular perfect active indicative of affīdō (“to swear”)"
],
"links": [
[
"affīdō",
"affido#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
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"form-of",
"indicative",
"perfect",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/af.fiːˈdaː.u̯it/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[äfːiːˈd̪äːu̯ɪt̪]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/af.fiˈda.vit/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[äfːiˈd̪äːvit̪]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "affidavit"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "affidavits",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "#s"
},
"expansion": "affidavit m (plural affidavits)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
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],
"glosses": [
"affidavit (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement)"
],
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[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
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"affidavit#English"
]
],
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],
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"masculine"
],
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"law"
]
}
],
"word": "affidavit"
}
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