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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "transport with joy or delight; delight to ecstasy",
"word": "ravir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "transport with joy or delight; delight to ecstasy",
"word": "entzücken"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "transport with joy or delight; delight to ecstasy",
"word": "arrebatar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vosxiščatʹ",
"sense": "transport with joy or delight; delight to ecstasy",
"word": "восхищать"
}
],
"word": "ravish"
}
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