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"5": "to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute"
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"(archaic) To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends."
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"To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something)."
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"To endure or tolerate (something); to experience."
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"(obsolete) To pay for (something); to buy."
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"To pay the penalty; to atone."
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"To pay the penalty; to atone."
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{
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"To endure; to remain."
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"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"(transitive)",
"(obsolete except Scotland) To endure or tolerate (something); to experience."
],
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"word": "hold on"
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{
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{
"word": "persist"
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{
"word": "tolerate"
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"To pay for (something); to buy."
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"(transitive)",
"(obsolete) To pay for (something); to buy."
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"word": "buy"
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"To pay the penalty; to atone."
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"To pay the penalty; to atone."
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"To endure; to remain."
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"To endure; to remain."
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