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"roman": "priemam za dadeno",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "praesupponeo"
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"word": "предполага́ть"
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
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"roman": "priemam za dadeno",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "приемам за дадено"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "forudsætte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "vooronderstellen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "olettaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "présupposer"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "erfordern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "voraussetzen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "ganga út frá"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "praesupponeo"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "praesumo"
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "pressupor"
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"roman": "predpolagátʹ",
"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "предполага́ть"
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
"word": "presuponer"
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"sense": "to assume some truth without proof",
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