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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
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]
},
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},
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"participle",
"past"
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},
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"To sift, strain, or percolate; to pass through a riddle."
],
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"strain"
],
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],
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"To use a sieve to spread ashes around."
],
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"(rare) To use a sieve to spread ashes around."
],
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{
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}
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"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Middle English weak verbs"
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"form": "syften",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to syften",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "syfte",
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"present",
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},
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"first-person",
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"form": "syftest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "syfte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"form": "syftede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
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"imperative",
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"present"
]
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"past",
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"participle",
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]
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"form": "syftende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "syfted",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
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"To use a sieve to spread ashes around."
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"(rare) To use a sieve to spread ashes around."
],
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}
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"word": "siften"
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