See leaven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 8:15:",
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "de",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "any agent used to make dough rise",
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{
"code": "ckb",
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"code": "kmr",
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"code": "lt",
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"code": "gv",
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"code": "mi",
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to rise by fermentation",
"word": "leudar"
},
{
"code": "ty",
"lang": "Tahitian",
"sense": "to cause to rise by fermentation",
"word": "hōpue"
}
],
"word": "leaven"
}
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