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"word": "抚慰"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "mildigi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "apaiser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "beruhigen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "malakóno",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "μαλακώνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katevnázo",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "κατευνάζω"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jūbandyru",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "жұбандыру"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "lēniō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "apaziguar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "acalmar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uspokáivatʹ",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "успока́ивать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "calmar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to appease",
"word": "apaciguar"
}
],
"word": "mollify"
}
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