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"sense": "declare openly",
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "priznavám",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признава́м"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "confessar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "招認"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhāorèn",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "招认"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngyán",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "承認"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngrèn",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "承认"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公開說"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngkāi shuō",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公开说"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prohlásit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "oznámit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "vedkende"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "myöntää avoimesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "tunnustaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "avouer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "confesser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "bekennen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "gestehen"
},
{
"alt": "こうげんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōgen suru",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "公言する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "profiteor"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izjavuva",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "изјавува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "tūtohu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "admitir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "mărturisi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznavátʹ",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признава́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznátʹ",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "призна́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznavátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "признава́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priznátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "призна́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soznavátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сознава́ться"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soznátʹsja",
"sense": "declare openly",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "созна́ться"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "aidich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "confesar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "admitir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "reconocer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "bekänna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "erkänna"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "itiraf etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "açıkça söylemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "declare openly",
"word": "ilan etmek"
}
],
"word": "avow"
}
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wekʷ-",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
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"English terms with audio links",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"3": "avouer"
},
"expansion": "Old French avouer",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "advoco",
"4": "advocare",
"5": "to call to, call upon, hence to call as a witness, defender, patron, or advocate"
},
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},
{
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"3": "",
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{
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},
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