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"text": "his piercing inſtruments of ſight:\nWhose fiery circles beare encompaſſed\nA heauen of heauenly bodies in their Spheares:",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "surround",
"word": "omfatta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vključvam",
"sense": "include",
"word": "включвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎdǎržam",
"sense": "include",
"word": "съдържам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bāohán",
"sense": "include",
"word": "包含"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "include",
"word": "zahrnovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "omfatte"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "indeholde"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "inkludere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "indbefatte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "include",
"word": "bevatten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "include",
"word": "ampleksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "käsittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "sisältää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "include",
"word": "englober"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "include",
"word": "inclure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "include",
"word": "comprendre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "include",
"word": "renfermer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moicavs",
"sense": "include",
"word": "მოიცავს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mocva",
"sense": "include",
"word": "მოცვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "include",
"word": "umfassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "include",
"word": "beinhalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "include",
"word": "abdecken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perilamváno",
"sense": "include",
"word": "περιλαμβάνω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "include",
"word": "includere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "include",
"word": "racchiudere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "include",
"word": "circoscrivere"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "hindirrandin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "hewandin"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "include",
"word": "compassen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "include",
"word": "omfatte"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "include",
"word": "inneholde"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "include",
"word": "inkludere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "include",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obejmować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "include",
"word": "compreender"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "include",
"word": "abarcar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "include",
"word": "englobar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vključátʹ",
"sense": "include",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "включа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vključítʹ",
"sense": "include",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "включи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaključátʹ",
"sense": "include",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заключа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaključítʹ",
"sense": "include",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заключи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soderžátʹ",
"sense": "include",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "содержа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "abarcar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "englobar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "omfatta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "innehålla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "include",
"word": "inkludera"
}
],
"word": "encompass"
}
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