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"To become active; to become effective."
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"(informal, of a drug, etc.) To become active; to become effective."
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"roman": "podejstvam",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "подействам"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngxiào",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "生效"
},
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"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttaa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "faire effet"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "wirken"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "wirksam werden"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
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"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
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"(informal, of a law, etc.) To come into force, to come into effect, to inure."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podejstvam",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "подействам"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlizam v sila",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "влизам в сила"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngxiào",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "生效"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "faire effet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "agir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "wirken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "wirksam werden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "hat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"word": "hrífa"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "déjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "де́йствовать"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podéjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to become active; to become effective",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поде́йствовать"
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],
"word": "take effect"
}
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