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"text": "to drape a bust, a building, etc.",
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"ref": "1840, Thomas De Quincey, Theory of Greek Tragedy",
"text": "The whole people were still draped professionally.",
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"ref": "a. 1892, George Washington Bungay, The Artists of the Air",
"text": "These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.",
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"ref": "2019 November 21, “Pope Francis meets Thai Buddhist patriarch on visit promoting religious peace”, in The Straits Times, SPH Digital News, retrieved 2019-11-22",
"text": "The pair sat before a brilliant gold Buddha statue inside the ornate temple, built 150 years ago by the former Thai King – the supreme patriarch barefoot and draped in orange robes as they spoke.",
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"sense": "to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery",
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"sense": "to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery",
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"sense": "to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery",
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"word": "acomodar"
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"roman": "drapiruvaty",
"sense": "to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery",
"word": "драпірувати"
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"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
"word": "вкривати"
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"roman": "vkryvatysja",
"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
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"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
"word": "покривати"
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"_dis1": "20 80 0 0 0 0",
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"roman": "zahortatysja",
"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
"word": "загортатися"
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"text": "1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs\nAt my Arrival , the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money"
}
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"word": "drapeerima"
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"word": "drapeerata"
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"sense": "to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.",
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"word": "roikkua"
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"sense": "to hang or rest limpily",
"word": "tiepa"
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{
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vkryvaty",
"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
"word": "вкривати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vkryvatysja",
"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
"word": "вкриватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pokryvaty",
"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
"word": "покривати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zahortatysja",
"sense": "to spread over; to cover",
"word": "загортатися"
}
],
"word": "drape"
}
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