See initiate on Wiktionary
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "iniciati"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "käynnistää"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "aloittaa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "panna alulle"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "commencer"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "démarrer"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "initier"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "beginnen"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "iniciar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "iniziare"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hajimeru",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "始める"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "torikakaru",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "取り掛かる"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaishi suru",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "開始する"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "sette i gang"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "آغازیدن"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "آغازاندن"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to begin; to start",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "initiera"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "inleda"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "påbörja"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin; to start",
"word": "sätta igång"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "posveštavam",
"sense": "to instruct in the rudiments",
"word": "посвещавам"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to instruct in the rudiments",
"word": "johdattaa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to instruct in the rudiments",
"word": "opastaa"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to instruct in the rudiments",
"word": "einführen"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to instruct in the rudiments",
"word": "introdurre"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "vǎveždam",
"sense": "to confer membership on",
"word": "въвеждам"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "lansiram",
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"word": "zasvětit"
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "sv",
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"roman": "bādara",
"sense": "To do the first act",
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