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"English pluralia tantum",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verb forms"
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "prō",
"4": "",
"5": "for, on behalf of"
},
"expansion": "Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "contrā",
"3": "",
"4": "against"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”).",
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"args": {
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"2": "verb form",
"head": "pros and cons"
},
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "pro and con"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular simple present indicative of pro and con"
],
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[
"pro and con",
"pro and con#English"
]
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]
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}
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