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"word": "dempen"
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"word": "déprécier"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "dämpfen"
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"english": "a fire to prevent it burning too quickly or fiercely",
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"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "whakanoti"
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
"word": "humecter"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
"word": "befeuchten"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
"word": "whakamākūkū"
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"word": "humedecer"
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"word": "fukta"
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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},
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
"word": "humecter"
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"word": "arozetar"
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"word": "whakamākūkū"
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
"word": "fukta"
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"sense": "make damp — see also moisten",
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"roman": "obezsǎrčavam",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "обезсърчавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ugnetjavam",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "угнетявам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "bedrukken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "dempen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "déprécier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "rabaisser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "dämpfen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "a fire to prevent it burning too quickly or fiercely",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "whakanoti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "kōmau"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "deprimir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "reducir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "depress, lessen",
"word": "dämpa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "navlažnjavam se",
"sense": "become damp, to deaden",
"word": "навлажнявам се"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "become damp, to deaden",
"word": "s’humidifier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "become damp, to deaden",
"word": "s’humecter"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "become damp, to deaden",
"word": "humideskar"
}
],
"word": "dampen"
}
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