See capon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "caponed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To castrate; to make a capon of."
],
"links": [
[
"castrate",
"castrate"
],
[
"capon",
"#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To castrate; to make a capon of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkeɪpən/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
}
],
"word": "capon"
}
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