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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaperéčuvaty",
"sense": "to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запере́чувати"
}
],
"word": "negate"
}
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