"especial" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English especial, via Old French especial, from Latin specialis, from species (“appearance, form, beauty”), from specere (“to look”). Doublet of special. Related to species.",
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      "form": "more especial",
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          "text": "Pay especial attention to chapter five.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "an especial hatred of cats",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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          "text": "[...] this is of especial value in foggy weather.",
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          "significance",
          "significance"
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          "special",
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          "roman": "osoben",
          "sense": "special",
          "word": "особен"
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          "word": "специален"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tèshū",
          "sense": "special",
          "word": "特殊"
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          "sense": "special",
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          "text": "acting with no especial goal",
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        },
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          "text": "Only one modern picture was admitted, and that was a likeness of Constance, painted under her father's especial instructions.",
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          "text": "Only one modern picture was admitted, and that was a likeness of Constance, painted under her father's especial instructions.",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osoben",
      "sense": "special",
      "word": "особен"
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      "roman": "specialen",
      "sense": "special",
      "word": "специален"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tèshū",
      "sense": "special",
      "word": "特殊"
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