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"word": "rozvětvovat se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozdělovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozdělovat se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories",
"word": "laajeta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvetvljatʹsja",
"sense": "(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories",
"word": "ответвляться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdeljatʹsja",
"sense": "(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories",
"word": "разделяться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories",
"word": "diversificar"
}
],
"word": "ramify"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": razklonjavam (se) vs. се",
"path": [
"ramify"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "ramify",
"trace": ""
}
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