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"form": "whets",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "whetting",
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"participle",
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"ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
"text": "Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?",
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{
"ref": "a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 33:",
"text": "And the Mower whets his ſithe,",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1812, Lord Byron, “Canto II”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza XLII:",
"text": "Here roams the wolf, the eagle whets his beak.",
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"To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone."
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[
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[
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"(transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone."
],
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{
"word": "steel"
},
{
"word": "strop"
}
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "حَدَّدَ"
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"word": "شَحَذَ"
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "точа"
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"roman": "ostrja",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "磨"
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"imperfective"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "wetten"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "slijpen"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "scherpen"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "aiguiser"
},
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "wetzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "köszörül"
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "luisata"
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "faobhraigh"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"word": "géaraigh"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "affilare"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "ລັບ"
},
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"word": "acuō"
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"word": "schäerfen"
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"word": "остри"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "oroi"
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
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"word": "ꍚ"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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},
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "amolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "afiar"
},
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "ascuţi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točítʹ",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "точи́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "пра́вить"
},
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "mmulari"
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"imperfective"
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"word": "brúsiť"
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"tags": [
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"word": "nabrúsiť"
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"tags": [
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"word": "ostriť"
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "naostriť"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "afilar"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "slipa"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "skärpa"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "fila"
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "iṭaṅkam",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "இடங்கம்"
},
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"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "láp",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"word": "ลับ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "točýty",
"sense": "hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "точи́ти"
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]
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"text": "to whet one's appetite or one's courage",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:",
"text": "Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar, / I have not slept.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xv",
"text": "My faith in vegetarianism grew on me from day to day. Salt's book whetted my appetite for dietetic studies. I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them."
},
{
"ref": "2003 October 9, Naomi Wolf, “The Porn Myth”, in New York Magazine:",
"text": "In the end, porn doesn’t whet men’s appetites—it turns them off the real thing.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To stimulate or make more keen."
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"(transitive) To stimulate or make more keen."
],
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{
"word": "rouse"
},
{
"word": "thrill"
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izostrjam",
"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "изострям"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzbuždam",
"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "възбуждам"
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "wetten"
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "scherpen"
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "géaraigh"
},
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "stimolare"
},
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "stuzzicare"
},
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "whakapuku"
},
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "aguçar"
},
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "estimular"
},
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "aţâţa"
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "возбужда́ть"
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "обостря́ть"
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"word": "разжигать"
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"word": "scummàttiri"
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"sense": "stimulate or make more keen",
"word": "stuzzinijari"
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"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"word": "allisciari"
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"word": "estimular"
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"To preen."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To preen."
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{
"word": "smarten up"
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "sv",
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"word": "ลับ"
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