See oblate on Wiktionary
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],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "oblātus"
}
],
"glosses": [
"vocative masculine singular of oblātus"
],
"links": [
[
"oblātus",
"oblatus#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"masculine",
"participle",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"word": "oblate"
}
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