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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "deponent verb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diúscartach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deponent verb",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "deponente"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "deponent verb",
"word": "deponens"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deponent verb",
"word": "deponens"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Deponent verb"
],
"word": "deponent"
}
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