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"word": "sınaq"
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"code": "de",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Versuch"
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"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "assayes"
},
"expansion": "assay (plural assayes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Examining; investigation, looking into, research:",
"Trialling, assaying; the ensuring of quality (usually of a substance, but also of a document)"
],
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[
"Trialling",
"trialling"
],
[
"assaying",
"assaying"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Examining; investigation, looking into, research:",
"The trial or testing of one's personality or personal qualities."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Examining; investigation, looking into, research:",
"An attack (as a trial of one's mettle or ability on the battlefield)"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Examining; investigation, looking into, research:",
"The trialling of comestibles or nourishments (mostly in ceremony)"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A try or effort towards something."
],
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[
"try",
"try"
],
[
"effort",
"effort"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Facts in support in assertion; evidence."
],
"links": [
[
"support",
"support"
],
[
"evidence",
"evidence"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Facts in support in assertion; evidence."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"One's personality; the nature of something or someone."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) One's personality; the nature of something or someone."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A deed, action or doing; an endeavour or business."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A deed, action or doing; an endeavour or business."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/aˈsæi̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈasæi̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sæi̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æi̯"
}
],
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{
"word": "assai"
},
{
"word": "assaie"
},
{
"word": "asaie"
},
{
"word": "assaye"
},
{
"word": "asay"
},
{
"word": "say"
},
{
"word": "sai"
}
],
"word": "assay"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English verbs",
"enm:Food and drink",
"enm:Law",
"enm:Personality",
"enm:Trading",
"enm:War"
],
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"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "assay",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "assayen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of assayen"
],
"links": [
[
"assayen",
"assayen#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "assay"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": probu vs. opredeljátʹ",
"path": [
"assay"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "assay",
"trace": ""
}
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