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{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:impregnate",
"word": "become pregnant"
}
],
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"word": "pre-impregnate"
}
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"2": "fro",
"3": "enpreignier"
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"etymology_text": "Earlier impregn, from Middle French imprégner, from Old French enpreignier.",
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{
"form": "impregnates",
"tags": [
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"singular",
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},
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"word": "fertilize"
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "conceive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sire"
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"word": "father"
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1903 [1901], Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alfred Sutro, The Life of the Bee, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, page 264",
"text": "The queen at their head, the representative of the future, has not yet been impregnated. Their entire destiny depends on the ensuing nuptial flight.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To cause to become pregnant."
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cause to become pregnant."
],
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{
"word": "knock up"
},
{
"word": "inseminate"
},
{
"english": "of animals",
"word": "cover"
}
],
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"transitive"
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"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ak",
"lang": "Akan",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "nyem"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥabbala",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "حَبَّلَ"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "dölləndirmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "badusan"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oploždam",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "оплождам"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "使...受孕"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbouchnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "oplodnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "befrugte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "besvangre"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "inseminere"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "bolle tyk"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "gravedigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "saada raskaaksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "hedelmöittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "siittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"note": "subject is not a person",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "rendre enceinte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "mettre enceinte"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "enceinter"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "engrosser"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "empreñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "anaq̇opierebs",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "ანაყოფიერებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aorsulebs",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "აორსულებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "schwängern"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "besamen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "befruchten"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "teherbe ejt"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "megtermékenyít"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "frjóvga"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "fekundigar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "toirchigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "ingravidare"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "mettere incinta"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "impregnare"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "haramaseru",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "孕ませる"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "gravidō"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "maritō"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "whakahapū"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "whakatō"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "whakakikiri"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zapłodnić"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zapładniać"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "emprenhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "engravidar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "fertilizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "însămânța"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "lăsa gravidă"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ berémennoj",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "де́лать бере́менной"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdélatʹ berémennoj",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сде́лать бере́менной"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oplodotvorjátʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оплодотворя́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oplodotvorítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оплодотвори́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "toraich"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "fertilizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "inseminar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "embarazar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "preñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "fecundar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "dejar embarazada"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "-tia mimba"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "befrukta"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "hamile bırakmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaplidnjuvaty",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запліднювати"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaplidnyty",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запліднити"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 1 1 1 20",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "thụ tinh"
}
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To fertilize."
],
"id": "en-impregnate-en-verb-HPOO1byU",
"links": [
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"fertilize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To fertilize."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To saturate, or infuse."
],
"id": "en-impregnate-en-verb-N2YhRp5A",
"links": [
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"saturate"
],
[
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"infuse"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To saturate, or infuse."
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasištam",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "насищам"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "napojavam",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "напоявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "kyllästää"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "imprégner de"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "telít"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "átitat"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "impregnare"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "impregnować"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaimpregnować"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nasycać"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nasycić"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "impregnar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasyščátʹ",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "насыща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasýtitʹ",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "насы́тить"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "emdirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "yedirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 3 76 3 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "(bir şeye) doyurmak"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1937, Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard, The mystery of scent, page 121",
"text": "It takes a little time for the personal fatty acids to impregnate new shoes or boots, but from the scent point of view leather is a sponge, and the personal scent is left.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fill pores or spaces with a substance."
],
"id": "en-impregnate-en-verb-r9WQL3NE",
"links": [
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "impregniram",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "импрегнирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "täyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "kyllästää"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "imbiber"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "imprägnieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnál"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "permeare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "pigmentare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "permear"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propítyvatʹ",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пропи́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propitátʹ",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пропита́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnera"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "emprenye etmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 93 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "sugeçirmez yapmak"
}
]
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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"word": "使...受孕"
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "gravedigi"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "saada raskaaksi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "rendre enceinte"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "mettre enceinte"
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"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "empreñar"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "anaq̇opierebs",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "ანაყოფიერებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "აორსულებს"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "schwängern"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "besamen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "befruchten"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "teherbe ejt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "is",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "mettere incinta"
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "孕ませる"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "la",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "whakahapū"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "whakatō"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "lăsa gravidă"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "délatʹ berémennoj",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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"word": "де́лать бере́менной"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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"imperfective"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "embarazar"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "preñar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "fecundar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "dejar embarazada"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "-tia mimba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "befrukta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "hamile bırakmak"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaplidnjuvaty",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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"word": "запліднювати"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
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"word": "запліднити"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to cause to become pregnant",
"word": "thụ tinh"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasištam",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "насищам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "napojavam",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "напоявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "kyllästää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "imprégner de"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "telít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "átitat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "impregnare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
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"word": "zaimpregnować"
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
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"word": "nasycić"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "impregnar"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasyščátʹ",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "насыща́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasýtitʹ",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "насы́тить"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "emdirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "yedirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to saturate, to infuse",
"word": "(bir şeye) doyurmak"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "impregniram",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "импрегнирам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "täyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "kyllästää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "imbiber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "imprägnieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "pigmentare"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "permear"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "propítyvatʹ",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
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],
"word": "пропи́тывать"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"tags": [
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"word": "пропита́ть"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "impregnera"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "emprenye etmek"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to fill pores or spaces with a substance",
"word": "sugeçirmez yapmak"
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"word": "impregnate"
}
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