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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "soveltaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "ausführen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "realizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "apportare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "scisco"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "realizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "hacer efecto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to do; to effect",
"word": "utföra"
}
],
"word": "enact"
}
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