See halwen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"g2": "",
"g3": "",
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"pos": "",
"sc": "",
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"t1": "saint"
},
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"name": "surf"
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{
"form": "halweth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "halwende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
{
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"present"
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{
"form": "halwed",
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"indicative",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "to halwen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halwed",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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]
},
{
"form": "halwede",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halwest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halwedest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "halwe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "halwed",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halwen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halwe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halweden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halwed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halwede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halweth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halwynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halwende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halwed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yhalwed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "halow",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halowe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halwe",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "algen",
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"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "aligen",
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"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "halgen",
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"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "haliȝen",
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"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "halȝien",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halȝi",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hallȝhenn",
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"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
},
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"East-Anglia"
]
},
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"form": "holly",
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"alternative",
"East-Anglia"
]
},
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "halewi",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halou",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halwey",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halwy",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halgh",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halighe",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halu",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "haluin",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hawlowe",
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"alternative"
]
}
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},
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],
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"To hold an event (a funeral, memorial, wedding)"
],
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[
"hold",
"hold"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"funeral",
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"wedding",
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"(transitive) To hold an event (a funeral, memorial, wedding)"
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},
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"To revere an individual or their name."
],
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[
"individual",
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"their",
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"name",
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],
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"(ambitransitive) To revere an individual or their name."
],
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈhalwən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhalɔu̯ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaliu̯ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaliu̯iː/",
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}
],
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}
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"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
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"present",
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]
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halwest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"past",
"second-person",
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]
},
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"present",
"singular",
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]
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{
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"singular",
"third-person"
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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"present",
"singular",
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{
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"past",
"singular",
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]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "halwen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halwed",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halwe",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "halwynge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halwende",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halwed",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "halow",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halowe",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halwe",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "algen",
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"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "aligen",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "halgen",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "haliȝen",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "halȝien",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halȝi",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
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{
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"alternative",
"East-Anglia"
]
},
{
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"alternative",
"East-Anglia"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halewi",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halou",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halwey",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
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},
{
"form": "halgh",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halighe",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "halu",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
}
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"categories": [
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],
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"To consecrate or sanctify; to ritually declare holy:",
"To purge or cleanse from impurities."
],
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[
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[
"sanctify",
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[
"ritually",
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[
"declare",
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],
[
"holy",
"holy"
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[
"purge",
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[
"cleanse",
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],
[
"impurities",
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],
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"(transitive) To consecrate or sanctify; to ritually declare holy:",
"To purge or cleanse from impurities."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
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"To consecrate or sanctify; to ritually declare holy:",
"To consecrate or bless (an object or place)."
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"consecrate",
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[
"sanctify",
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],
[
"ritually",
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"declare",
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],
[
"holy",
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"consecrate",
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[
"object",
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"place",
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"(transitive) To consecrate or sanctify; to ritually declare holy:",
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],
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},
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"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
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"To dedicate an object, person, or place (to the service of):",
"To anoint; to ordain an individual by blessing them."
],
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"dedicate",
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],
[
"object",
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],
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"person",
"person"
],
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"service",
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],
[
"anoint",
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],
[
"ordain",
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],
[
"individual",
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],
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"bless",
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"service",
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]
},
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],
"glosses": [
"To hold an event (a funeral, memorial, wedding)"
],
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],
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"event",
"event"
],
[
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],
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],
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],
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"transitive"
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},
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"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
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"To revere an individual or their name."
],
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[
"revere",
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],
[
"individual",
"individual"
],
[
"their",
"their"
],
[
"name",
"name"
]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To revere an individual or their name."
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhalwən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhalɔu̯ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaliu̯ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhaliu̯iː/",
"note": "especially Kent, Southern, South Midland"
}
],
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}
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"Middle English non-lemma forms",
"Middle English noun forms",
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"enm:Religion",
"enm:Time"
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},
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"word": "halwe"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of halwe"
],
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],
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"word": "halwes"
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],
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}
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}
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