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"sense": "to call down by prayer",
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"sense": "to call down by prayer",
"word": "manata"
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"sense": "to call down by prayer",
"word": "kirota"
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"sense": "to call down by prayer",
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"sense": "to call down by prayer",
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"sense": "to call down by prayer",
"word": "imprecar"
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"sense": "to invoke evil upon",
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"word": "manata"
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"word": "kirota"
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"sense": "to invoke evil upon",
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"word": "проклина́ть"
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"sense": "to invoke evil upon",
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