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"To exert oneself."
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"(reflexive) To exert oneself."
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"(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Use; end; purpose."
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"form": "more nait",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "naitest",
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"form": "most nait",
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}
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"Scottish English"
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"Scotland",
"UK",
"dialectal"
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"British English",
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"(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) In good order; trim; tidy; dainty; clean."
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