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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "墓誌銘"
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "eṗiṭapia",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "ეპიტაფია"
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
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],
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "sírfelirat"
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"tags": [
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "epitafo"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "epitaf"
},
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"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "epitaphio"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"tags": [
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"word": "feartlaoi"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "epitafu",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "エピタフ"
},
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"alt": "ぼひめい",
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"roman": "bohimei",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "墓碑銘"
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"roman": "qūlpytastağy jazu",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "құлпытастағы жазу"
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "묘지명"
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"roman": "epitapeu",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "에피타프"
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mazârnevešte",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "مزارنوشته"
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"word": "گورنوشته"
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
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"word": "epitáfio"
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"word": "эпита́фия"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadgróbnaja nádpisʹ",
"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
"tags": [
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"word": "надгро́бная на́дпись"
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"sense": "inscription on a gravestone",
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"ipa": "/ˈɛp.ɪˌtæf/",
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"word": "eulogy"
},
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"word": "often at funeral"
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"word": "obituary"
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{
"ref": "1606, Joseph Hall, Heaven upon Earth",
"text": "The Commons in their speeches epitaph upon him […] \"He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.\"",
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