"prologetic" meaning in All languages combined

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        "2": "πρόλογος",
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        "t1": "prologue",
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  "etymology_text": "Probably either from the Latin prologēticus or formed in English as prologue + -etic, in both cases resembling a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *προλογητικός (prologētikós), from πρόλογος (prólogos, “prologue”) + -ητικός (-ētikós, “-etic”), a formation akin to the extant words ἀναλογητικός (analogētikós, “analogetic”) (from ἀνάλογος (análogos), whence analogue), ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “apologetic”) (from ἀπόλογος (apólogos), whence apologue), and ὁμολογητικός (homologētikós, “homologetic”) (from ὁμόλογος (homólogos), whence homologue).",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1855, Walter Murray Gibson, The Prison of Weltevreden, Contents, page ix",
          "text": "PROLOGETIC. Description of Prison of Weltevreden [etc.…] 1",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1873, R.F. Calixte, translated by A.V.S. Sligo, The Life of the Venerable Anna Maria Taigi, page 303",
          "text": "The simple matter-of-fact style of the narrative is, from its unobtrusive character, more adapted for spiritual reading than the views and generalisations, and prologetic extenuations of more recent biographers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1928, Heinrich Khunrath, translated by Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Conclusion, page 203",
          "text": "To this portal ascent is made by a mystic, indisputably prologetic, flight of steps.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Occurring in or serving as a prologue."
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          "prologue",
          "prologue#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare, also quasi-substantive) Occurring in or serving as a prologue."
      ],
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/pɹəʊləˈd͡ʒiːtɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "UK"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "prologetic"
}

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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably either from the Latin prologēticus or formed in English as prologue + -etic, in both cases resembling a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *προλογητικός (prologētikós), from πρόλογος (prólogos, “prologue”) + -ητικός (-ētikós, “-etic”), a formation akin to the extant words ἀναλογητικός (analogētikós, “analogetic”) (from ἀνάλογος (análogos), whence analogue), ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “apologetic”) (from ἀπόλογος (apólogos), whence apologue), and ὁμολογητικός (homologētikós, “homologetic”) (from ὁμόλογος (homólogos), whence homologue).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "PROLOGETIC. Description of Prison of Weltevreden [etc.…] 1",
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        {
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        {
          "ref": "1928, Heinrich Khunrath, translated by Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Conclusion, page 203",
          "text": "To this portal ascent is made by a mystic, indisputably prologetic, flight of steps.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Occurring in or serving as a prologue."
      ],
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          "prologue#English"
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        "(rare, also quasi-substantive) Occurring in or serving as a prologue."
      ],
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      ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "/pɹəʊləˈd͡ʒiːtɪk/",
      "tags": [
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