See posit on Wiktionary
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"roman": "postuliram",
"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "постулирам"
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"sense": "to postulate",
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"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "olettaa"
},
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"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "postuler"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "postulieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "feltesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "posztulál"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "sostenere"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "ipotizzare"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "postular"
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"roman": "postulirovatʹ",
"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "постулировать"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "postular"
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"sense": "to postulate",
"word": "postulera"
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"sense": "to postulate",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to suggest",
"word": "ehdottaa"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to suggest",
"word": "esittää"
},
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"word": "postuler"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to suggest",
"word": "avancer"
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"english": "set forth",
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"sense": "to suggest",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "pt",
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"roman": "postavjam",
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"word": "поставям"
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"sense": "to put firmly",
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