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"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "save",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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]
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{
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"past",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "saven",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
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{
"form": "save",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "saveden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "savede",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural",
"present"
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"present"
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"present"
]
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{
"form": "saved",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
},
{
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]
},
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"form": "salve",
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]
},
{
"form": "save",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savun",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savye",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savyn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "salvin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sauven",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sauvin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sawvin",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "safe",
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]
},
{
"form": "saffe",
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]
},
{
"form": "sauve",
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]
},
{
"form": "sayve",
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{
"form": "sovy",
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"To rescue from danger or death, or effort."
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"save",
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"harm",
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[
"protect",
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],
[
"danger",
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],
[
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]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To save (prevent from harm or difficulty):",
"To protect from danger; to safeguard."
],
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]
},
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"To deliver from eternal torment."
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"harm",
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],
[
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[
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"torment"
]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To save (prevent from harm or difficulty):",
"(religion) To deliver from eternal torment."
],
"tags": [
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],
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"religion"
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
39,
43
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
40,
44
]
],
"english": "\"Truthfully, sir\" said Alexandrine, \"to save your honour, I'll tell you all about the thing she's done […]",
"ref": "c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 34, recto, lines 2028-2029; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 70:",
"text": "foꝛ ſoþe ſire quaþ aliſaundrine ⁊ · to ſaue ȝour mensk / i wol ȝou telle tiȝtly · what turn ſche as wꝛouȝt[…]",
"translation": "\"Truthfully, sir\" said Alexandrine, \"to save your honour, I'll tell you all about the thing she's done […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To preserve or store:",
"To preserve or maintain; to keep intact."
],
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[
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"maintain"
],
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"intact",
"intact"
]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To preserve or store:",
"To preserve or maintain; to keep intact."
],
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]
},
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],
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],
[
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],
[
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"away"
],
[
"good",
"good#English"
],
[
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]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To preserve or store:",
"To securely keep or lock away (goods or a person)"
],
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]
},
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],
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[
"preserve",
"preserve"
],
[
"store",
"store"
],
[
"save",
"save"
],
[
"store",
"store#English"
],
[
"away",
"away#English"
],
[
"conserve",
"conserve#English"
]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To preserve or store:",
"To save (store away or conserve)."
],
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]
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"adhere"
],
[
"regulation",
"regulation"
],
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"agreement"
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[
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"dictate"
]
]
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{
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"kind": "other",
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}
],
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],
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],
[
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"health",
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],
[
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[
"moral",
"moral"
]
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],
[
"get back",
"get back"
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"restored",
"restored"
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],
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"(rare) To recover or get back; to have restored."
],
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]
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"To store or accumulate; to be filled with."
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],
[
"accumulate",
"accumulate"
]
],
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"(rare) To store or accumulate; to be filled with."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsaːvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsau̯vən/"
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],
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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{
"form": "savynge",
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"participle",
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},
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"table-tags"
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "saven",
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},
{
"form": "to saven",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "save",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "save",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "saved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "savest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "savedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "saveth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "saved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "save",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "saved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "save",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "saven",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "save",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "saveden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "savede",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "saveth",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "save",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "savynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "savende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "saved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ysaved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "saave",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "salve",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "save",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savun",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savye",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "savyn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "salvin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sauven",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sauvin",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sawvin",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "safe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "saffe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sauve",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sayve",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sovy",
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"alternative"
]
}
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"name": "head"
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"3": "saved"
},
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"To rescue from danger or death, or effort."
],
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"save",
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[
"harm",
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[
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[
"danger",
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"(ambitransitive) To save (prevent from harm or difficulty):",
"To rescue from danger or death, or effort."
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]
},
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],
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"To save (prevent from harm or difficulty):",
"To protect from danger; to safeguard."
],
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"save",
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"harm",
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"danger",
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"To protect from danger; to safeguard."
],
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]
},
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"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To save (prevent from harm or difficulty):",
"To deliver from eternal torment."
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"save"
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[
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"(religion) To deliver from eternal torment."
],
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"topics": [
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"religion"
]
},
{
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"bold_text_offsets": [
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39,
43
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40,
44
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],
"english": "\"Truthfully, sir\" said Alexandrine, \"to save your honour, I'll tell you all about the thing she's done […]",
"ref": "c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 34, recto, lines 2028-2029; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 70:",
"text": "foꝛ ſoþe ſire quaþ aliſaundrine ⁊ · to ſaue ȝour mensk / i wol ȝou telle tiȝtly · what turn ſche as wꝛouȝt[…]",
"translation": "\"Truthfully, sir\" said Alexandrine, \"to save your honour, I'll tell you all about the thing she's done […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"To preserve or store:",
"To preserve or maintain; to keep intact."
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"store",
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[
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"intact"
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"(ambitransitive) To preserve or store:",
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},
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"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
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"To preserve or store:",
"To securely keep or lock away (goods or a person)"
],
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[
"preserve",
"preserve"
],
[
"store",
"store"
],
[
"securely",
"securely"
],
[
"keep",
"keep"
],
[
"lock",
"lock"
],
[
"away",
"away"
],
[
"good",
"good#English"
],
[
"person",
"person#English"
]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To preserve or store:",
"To securely keep or lock away (goods or a person)"
],
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"ambitransitive"
]
},
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"Middle English intransitive verbs",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To preserve or store:",
"To save (store away or conserve)."
],
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[
"preserve",
"preserve"
],
[
"store",
"store"
],
[
"save",
"save"
],
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"store",
"store#English"
],
[
"away",
"away#English"
],
[
"conserve",
"conserve#English"
]
],
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"(ambitransitive) To preserve or store:",
"To save (store away or conserve)."
],
"tags": [
"ambitransitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To adhere to a regulation, agreement or dictate."
],
"links": [
[
"adhere",
"adhere"
],
[
"regulation",
"regulation"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"dictate",
"dictate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To heal or better; to improve health, emotions, or morals."
],
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[
"heal",
"heal"
],
[
"better",
"better"
],
[
"health",
"health"
],
[
"emotion",
"emotion"
],
[
"moral",
"moral"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To recover or get back; to have restored."
],
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[
"recover",
"recover"
],
[
"get back",
"get back"
],
[
"restored",
"restored"
]
],
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"(rare) To recover or get back; to have restored."
],
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"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To store or accumulate; to be filled with."
],
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[
"store",
"store"
],
[
"accumulate",
"accumulate"
]
],
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"(rare) To store or accumulate; to be filled with."
],
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"rare"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsaːvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsau̯vən/"
}
],
"word": "saven"
}
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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"enm:Emotions",
"enm:Ethics",
"enm:Medicine",
"enm:Prison",
"enm:Religion",
"enm:Security"
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"word": "savyne"
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}
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