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"text": "The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.",
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"ref": "1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes",
"text": "Nor shall I count in hainous to enjoy\nThe public marks of honour and reward\nConferr'd upon me[…]",
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"ref": "1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 76",
"text": "Abel tried to refuse the honor thus unexpectedly conferred upon him, but it was no use. He had been made a deacon, and a deacon he must remain.",
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"ref": "2010 February 7, Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer",
"text": "The special immunities that are conferred on MPs were framed with the essential purpose of allowing them to speak freely in parliament.",
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"ref": "2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114",
"text": "The mere existence of a dictionary of a certain variety of English does not automatically confer acceptance of that variety.",
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"To grant as a possession; to bestow."
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"(transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow."
],
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}
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"sense": "to bestow",
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"text": "They were in a huddle, conferring about something.",
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},
{
"ref": "1974 March 25, “A Traveler's Perils”, in Time",
"text": "Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks.",
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"(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate."
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"word": "تَآمَرَ"
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"roman": "besedvam",
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"roman": "sǎveštavam se",
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"word": "съвещавам се"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "商談"
},
{
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"roman": "shāngtán",
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"code": "cmn",
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"word": "協商"
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{
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"word": "jednat"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
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},
{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "beraten"
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "konferieren"
},
{
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "besprechen"
},
{
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"word": "tárgyal"
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"word": "értekezik"
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"word": "eszmecserét folytat"
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "konferar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "conferire"
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"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
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{
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"word": "conferir"
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"word": "conferi"
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"imperfective"
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"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
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"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
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{
"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "debatir"
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"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "consultar"
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"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
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"word": "conferir"
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"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "konferera"
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"_dis1": "4 78 5 9 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
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}
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"ref": "1557 (book title)",
"text": "The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations."
},
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"ref": "1661, Robert Boyle, The Second Essay, of Unsucceeding Experiments",
"text": "If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion.",
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"To compare."
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"(obsolete) To compare."
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"To bring together; to collect, gather."
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"(obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather."
],
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "(obsolete) to bring together; to collect, gather",
"word": "verzamelen"
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"_dis1": "2 3 3 87 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete) to bring together; to collect, gather",
"word": "zusammentragen"
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 3 87 5",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete) to bring together; to collect, gather",
"word": "zusammensammeln"
}
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"ref": "1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica",
"text": "The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.",
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"To contribute; to conduce."
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"(obsolete) To contribute; to conduce."
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"_dis1": "12 1 4 8 76",
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "(obsolete) to contribute, conduce",
"word": "vést impf diskusi"
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{
"_dis1": "12 1 4 8 76",
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"word": "bijdragen"
}
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"General-American"
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},
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"General-American"
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},
{
"ipa": "/kənˈfɜː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "頒授"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to bestow",
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "授予"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to bestow",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "udělit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "toekennen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "schenken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "myöntää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "antaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "conférer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "accorder"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "décerner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "übertragen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "erteilen"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "verleihen"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "adományoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to bestow",
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"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to bestow",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to bestow",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to bestow",
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "grantar"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "marapattau",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "марапаттау"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "conferir"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pridavátʹ",
"sense": "to bestow",
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"word": "придава́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to bestow",
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"word": "наделя́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to bestow",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "conferir"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to bestow",
"word": "tilldela"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "taʔāmara",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "تَآمَرَ"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "besedvam",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "беседвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obsǎždam",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "обсъждам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎveštavam se",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "съвещавам се"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "商談"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāngtán",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
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{
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{
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
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{
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "consulteren"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "beraten"
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "konferieren"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "besprechen"
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{
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "tárgyal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "tanácskozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "értekezik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "eszmecserét folytat"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "konferar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "conferire"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wiecować"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "conferir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "conferi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obsuždátʹ",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обсужда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obgovárivatʹ",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обгова́ривать"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "večevátʹ",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "вечева́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "soveščátʹsja",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "совеща́ться"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "véćati"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "debatir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "consultar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "conferir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "konferera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to discuss, consult",
"word": "rådlägga"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(obsolete) to bring together; to collect, gather",
"word": "verzamelen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete) to bring together; to collect, gather",
"word": "zusammentragen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(obsolete) to bring together; to collect, gather",
"word": "zusammensammeln"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(obsolete) to contribute, conduce",
"word": "vést impf diskusi"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(obsolete) to contribute, conduce",
"word": "bijdragen"
}
],
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