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"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
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"word": "не вярвам"
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"sense": "not believe",
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"sense": "not believe",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "not believe",
"word": "ungläubig sein"
},
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "ungalaubjan",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "not believe",
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"sense": "not believe",
"word": "疑う"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ne veruva",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "не верува"
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"lang": "Maori",
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"_dis1": "71 2 27",
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"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "not believe",
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"_dis1": "71 2 27",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not believe",
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"roman": "ne véritʹ",
"sense": "not believe",
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"ref": "1890, Edward Henage Dering, Freville Chase, volume 1, page 37",
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"ref": "1986, Dermot Healy, Fighting with Shadows, page 136",
"text": "From the moment he said \"I love you\" she slowly disbelieved everything he said.",
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"ref": "2007, Robert F. Gorman, Great Events from History: The 20th century, 1901-1940",
"text": "Cook's claim was gradually disbelieved, and Cook fell into disfavor and died a pauper in 1940.",
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"To cease to believe."
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"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "1890, Edward Henage Dering, Freville Chase, volume 1, page 37",
"text": "Elfrida walked slowly upstairs, reviewing what had happened and not happened in the last three, not to say six weeks, and gradually disbelieving the good case that she had made out.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
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"text": "He never \"revolted\" against Christianity; only, reluctantly and gradually, disbelieved it.",
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"text": "From the moment he said \"I love you\" she slowly disbelieved everything he said.",
"type": "quotation"
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"text": "Cook's claim was gradually disbelieved, and Cook fell into disfavor and died a pauper in 1940.",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaḏḏaba",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "كَذَّبَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ne vjarvam",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "не вярвам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skeptičen sǎm",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "скептичен съм"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "descreure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "ne pas croire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "mécroire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "ungläubig sein"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ungalaubjan",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apistéō",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "ἀπιστέω"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "utagau",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "疑う"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ne veruva",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "не верува"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not believe",
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"sense": "not believe",
"word": "whakaparau"
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"sense": "not believe",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "not believe",
"word": "whakamanu"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "ukufuru"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "descrer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne véritʹ",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "не ве́рить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not believe",
"word": "descreer"
}
],
"word": "disbelieve"
}
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