See indite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to compose",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "in Worte kleiden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to compose",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "in Worte fassen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to compose",
"word": "megfogalmaz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to compose",
"word": "megszövegez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to compose",
"word": "megszerkeszt"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to compose",
"word": "megalkot"
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"word": "indite"
}
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"etymology_text": "From indium + -ite.",
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"categories": [
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"An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral."
],
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"mineralogy",
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[
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"(mineralogy) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral."
],
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"US"
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}
],
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}
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