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"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"sure, surely, with no doubt or uncertainty"
],
"links": [
[
"sure",
"sure#English"
],
[
"surely",
"surely"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"entirely, wholly, fully"
],
"links": [
[
"entirely",
"entirely"
],
[
"wholly",
"wholly"
],
[
"fully",
"fully"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"While protecting something, with protection"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"With a tight grasp or grip"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɛu̯r/"
},
{
"ipa": "/siu̯r/"
},
{
"ipa": "/suːr/"
}
],
"word": "sure"
}
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"Middle English lemmas",
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"Middle English verbs",
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "suren"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of suren"
],
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"suren",
"suren#Middle_English"
]
],
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]
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}
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "sire"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of sire"
],
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[
"sire",
"sire#Middle_English"
]
],
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]
}
],
"word": "sure"
}
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