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"text": "1800, Thomas Jefferson, letter dated 4 July, 1800, in Henry S. Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson, New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858, Volume 2, Chapter 11, p. 565,\nOur forte-piano arrived a day or two after you left us. It has been exposed to a great deal of rain, but being well covered was only much untuned."
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"(transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action."
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "çakordoj"
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "elhangol"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "scordare"
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "išderinti"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "rozstroić"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "desafinar"
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"roman": "rasstroitʹ",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "расстроить"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "çakordoj"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razstrojvam",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "разстройвам"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "rozladit"
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "ontstemmen"
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "malagordi"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "désaccorder"
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "elhangol"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "scordare"
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "išderinti"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "rozstroić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "desafinar"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasstroitʹ",
"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
"word": "расстроить"
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"sense": "to cause to be out of tune",
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"word": "untune"
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