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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muqniʕ",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "مُقْنِع"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hamozičʻ",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "համոզիչ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "tutarlı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "inandırıcı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "qaneedici"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "sübutlu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "əsaslı"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ubeditelen",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "убедителен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasiu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒu shuōfúlì de",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "有說服力的 /有说服力的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "přesvědčivý"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "suostutteleva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "vakuuttava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasif"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "convaincant"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasivo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasor"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "überzeugend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "Überredungs-"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peistikós",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "πειστικός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "peithós",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "πειθός"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "peistikós",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "πειστικός"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pithanós",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "πιθανός"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "suāsōrius"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "przekonujący"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "przekonywający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasivo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasível"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "convincente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasório"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "convingător"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasiv"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubedítelʹnyj",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "убеди́тельный"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "convincing",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "convincing",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasivo"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "convincente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "persuasorio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "convincing",
"word": "övertygande"
}
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"ref": "1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837, volume 1, page 68:",
"text": "He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]",
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