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"word": "angeblich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing as such; professed, supposed",
"word": "vorgeschoben"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "appearing as such; professed, supposed",
"word": "semly"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appearing as such; professed, supposed",
"word": "aparente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appearing as such; professed, supposed",
"word": "pretenso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "formalʹnyj",
"sense": "appearing as such; professed, supposed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "формальный"
}
],
"word": "ostensible"
}
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