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"ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 141, column 2:",
"text": "Deferre the ſpoile of the Citie vntill night:",
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"ref": "1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 65:",
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"ref": "1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 34, lines 474–476:",
"text": "God […] will not long defer / To vindicate the glory of his name",
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"sense": "(intransitive) to delay",
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"word": "gecikmek"
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "aufschieben"
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"word": "verzögern"
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"_dis1": "28 28 16 28",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "vertagen"
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"_dis1": "28 28 16 28",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "verschieben"
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "zurückstellen"
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "aussetzen"
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"_dis1": "28 28 16 28",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "den Vortritt lassen"
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"_dis1": "28 28 16 28",
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"_dis1": "28 28 16 28",
"alt": "えんきする",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "延期する"
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"_dis1": "28 28 16 28",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"word": "differren"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"tags": [
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"word": "откла́дывать"
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{
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"roman": "otložítʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"tags": [
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"roman": "otsróčivatʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"tags": [
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"word": "отсро́чивать"
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"roman": "otsróčitʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"tags": [
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"word": "одгодити"
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{
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "(transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off",
"tags": [
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