See kemben in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"ipa": "/ˈkɛm(b)ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkeːm(b)ən/"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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"present"
]
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"form": "kembende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"english": "Though first he chews spices and licorice, / To smell sweet before he'd combed his hair.",
"ref": "a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3690–3691:",
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"type": "quote"
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"To comb or brush one's hair; to use a comb."
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"comb",
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[
"brush",
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]
},
{
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"To prettify or nicen."
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[
"prettify",
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[
"nicen",
"nicen"
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],
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"(rare) To prettify or nicen."
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{
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"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
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"To untangle fibres; to card."
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[
"untangle",
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[
"card",
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],
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"(rare) To untangle fibres; to card."
],
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkɛm(b)ən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkeːm(b)ən/"
}
],
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{
"word": "keembe"
},
{
"word": "kemen"
},
{
"word": "kemmen"
},
{
"word": "kemyn"
}
],
"word": "kemben"
}
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