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"ref": "1605, Joseph Hall, Meditations and Vowes, Diuine and Morall, London: John Porter, section 63",
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"ref": "1901, Andrew Lang, “The Fairy of the Dawn”, in The Violet Fairy Book",
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"roman": "izmamvam",
"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
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"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "hangarau"
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"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
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"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "измамвам"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zabluždavam",
"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "заблуждавам"
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"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "hafa að fífli"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "blekkja"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "pretta"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "gabba"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
"word": "hangarau"
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "to fool, trick or deceive someone",
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