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"ref": "2020, Francine Prose, “Has Trump learned anything from Covid-19? Absolutely not”, in The Grauniad",
"text": "We’d like to believe that suffering instructs and ennobles.",
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}
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"To bestow with nobility, honour or grace."
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"word": "elevate"
},
{
"word": "invest"
},
{
"word": "knight"
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{
"word": "lord"
}
],
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oblagorodjavam",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "облагородявам"
},
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"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "ylevöittää"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "anoblir"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "adeln"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exevgenízo",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "εξευγενίζω"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "nemesít"
},
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "megnemesít"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "nobilitare"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "whakarangatira"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "adle"
},
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"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "æþelian"
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
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"roman": "oblagoraživatʹ",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "облагораживать"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oblahoródžuvaty",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
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],
"word": "облагоро́джувати"
},
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],
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"To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing."
],
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to further process textile fabrics",
"word": "veredeln"
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},
{
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"ref": "2020, Francine Prose, “Has Trump learned anything from Covid-19? Absolutely not”, in The Grauniad",
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"To bestow with nobility, honour or grace."
],
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[
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"honour"
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"word": "elevate"
},
{
"word": "invest"
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{
"word": "knight"
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{
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},
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},
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},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oblagorodjavam",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "облагородявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "ylevöittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "anoblir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "adeln"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exevgenízo",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "εξευγενίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "nemesít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "megnemesít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "nobilitare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "whakarangatira"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "adle"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "æþelian"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
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"word": "uszlachcać"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "uszlachcić"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oblagoraživatʹ",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"word": "облагораживать"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oblahoródžuvaty",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "облагоро́джувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oblahoródyty",
"sense": "To bestow with nobility, honour or grace",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "облагоро́дити"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to further process textile fabrics",
"word": "veredeln"
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"word": "ennoble"
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