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},
{
"glosses": [
"To withhold; to desist from something."
],
"links": [
[
"withhold",
"withhold"
],
[
"desist",
"desist"
],
[
"something",
"something"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdwɛlən/"
}
],
"word": "dwellen"
}
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