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"Language",
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"A legal action or move or the claims made in such a move."
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"action",
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"claims",
"claims"
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"A topic awaiting a future decision or determination."
],
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"decision",
"decision"
],
[
"determination",
"determination"
]
],
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"(rare) A topic awaiting a future decision or determination."
],
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"rare"
]
},
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"All topics",
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"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
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],
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"A petition; the act of asking to do something."
],
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"(rare) A petition; the act of asking to do something."
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"ipa": "/kwɛstiˈuːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kwɛsˈtjuːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɛstjun/"
}
],
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"enm:Communication",
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}
],
"text": "Scots: quaisten, quastin"
},
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"A question, ask, or query; something asked."
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"question"
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"ask",
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"issue",
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"concern",
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"veracity",
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"A topic awaiting a future decision or determination."
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[
"determination",
"determination"
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"(rare) A topic awaiting a future decision or determination."
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{
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"Middle English terms with rare senses"
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"A petition; the act of asking to do something."
],
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"petition",
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],
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"(rare) A petition; the act of asking to do something."
],
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"ipa": "/kwɛstiˈuːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kwɛsˈtjuːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwɛstjun/"
}
],
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"word": "question"
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{
"word": "questiun"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "questyounn"
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{
"word": "qwestioun"
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