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"roman": "udeševljátʹ",
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"word": "удешевля́ть"
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"(transitive) To make vulgar."
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"To become cheaper."
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"(intransitive) To become cheaper."
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"sense": "to become cheaper",
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"ref": "1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard",
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"To bargain for, ask the price of."
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"(transitive, obsolete) To bargain for, ask the price of."
],
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"ref": "1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646",
"text": "Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair.",
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"ref": "2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "The pace of the season can’t help but cheapen these scenes, but I can’t deny that it’s a blast. I’ve been critical of both the relative depopulation of the cast in this final run and the speedy, schematic narrative that checks off high points and moves on without really building to them.",
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"(transitive) To make vulgar."
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"To become cheaper."
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"(intransitive) To become cheaper."
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}
],
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"To bargain for, ask the price of."
],
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"(transitive, obsolete) To bargain for, ask the price of."
],
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"roman": "yuraḵḵiṣ",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "يُرَخِّص"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zlevnit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "laskea hintaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "alentaa hintaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "halpuuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "halventaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "déprécier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "dévaluer"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "chipigar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "ísligh"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "baratear"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "depreciar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"word": "desvalorizar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "udeševljátʹ",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
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"word": "удешевля́ть"
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"sense": "to make cheaper",
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"perfective"
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"word": "удешеви́ть"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zdešévljuvaty",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "здеше́влювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zdeševýty",
"sense": "to make cheaper",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "здешеви́ти"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make vulgar",
"word": "halventaa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make vulgar",
"word": "vulgarizar"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make vulgar",
"word": "rebaixar"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "yarḵuṣ",
"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "يَرْخُص"
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"word": "поевтинявам"
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"sense": "to become cheaper",
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"sense": "to become cheaper",
"word": "halveta"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "ísligh"
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"word": "depreciar"
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"word": "cheapen"
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