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"english": "Because God loved the world so much, he gave his own begotten son, so anyone that believes in him won't perish, but has everlasting life.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 3:16, page 44v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "ffoꝛ god lovyde ſo þe woꝛld .· þat he ȝaf his oon bigeten ſone / þat ech man þ[at] bileueþ in h[im] periſſhe not .· but haue euerlaſtynge lijf",
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"All topics",
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{
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"present",
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"second-person",
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"third-person"
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"singular",
"third-person"
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{
"form": "love",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
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"form": "-",
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"past",
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"present"
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{
"form": "love",
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"present"
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"form": "loveden",
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{
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"plural"
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"plural",
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"present"
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"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
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{
"form": "lovynge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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{
"form": "lovende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "loved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "yloved",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
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"form": "love",
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{
"form": "lovon",
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"form": "lowe",
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{
"form": "lovien",
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"form": "luve",
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]
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{
"form": "luvie",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luvien",
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},
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},
{
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"assent"
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[
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"approve"
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[
"acceptable",
"acceptable"
]
]
},
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Money",
"orig": "enm:Money",
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"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
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],
"id": "en-loven-enm-verb-xUCQmdZS",
"links": [
[
"valuate",
"valuate"
],
[
"appraisal",
"appraisal"
],
[
"valuation",
"valuation"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈlɒːvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɔvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈluvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈloːvən/"
}
],
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}
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"Middle English verbs",
"Middle English weak verbs",
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"Pages with entries",
"enm:Emotions",
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"enm:Love",
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"enm:Religion",
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{
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{
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"5": "",
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"g3": "",
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"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
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"sc": "",
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{
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{
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{
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],
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "lovende",
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"present"
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{
"form": "lovynge",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
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"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
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},
{
"form": "loven",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to loven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
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"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lovest",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lovedest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "loveth",
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "loven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
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"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "loveden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lovede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loveth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lovynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lovende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yloved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lofe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lovye",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lovyen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lowen",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lufe",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luve",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "loviȝe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lovin",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lufian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lufiæn",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lufiȝe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lufiȝen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luvan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luven",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luvie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luvien",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luviȝe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luviȝen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luvyen",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lufenn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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},
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},
{
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],
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{
"glosses": [
"To love; to have affection (for someone or something):",
"To have a strong preference or liking (for something)."
],
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[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"affection",
"affection"
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[
"strong",
"strong"
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[
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"preference"
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[
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]
},
{
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"To love; to have affection (for someone or something):",
"To obey or follow a deity."
],
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[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"affection",
"affection"
],
[
"obey",
"obey"
],
[
"follow",
"follow"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To love; to have affection (for someone or something):",
"To be faithful to a ruler or superior."
],
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[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"affection",
"affection"
],
[
"faithful",
"faithful"
],
[
"ruler",
"ruler"
],
[
"superior",
"superior"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To love; to have affection (for someone or something):",
"To feel romantic or sexual love (towards someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"affection",
"affection"
],
[
"romantic",
"romantic"
],
[
"sexual",
"sexual"
]
]
},
{
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"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"english": "Because God loved the world so much, he gave his own begotten son, so anyone that believes in him won't perish, but has everlasting life.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 3:16, page 44v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "ffoꝛ god lovyde ſo þe woꝛld .· þat he ȝaf his oon bigeten ſone / þat ech man þ[at] bileueþ in h[im] periſſhe not .· but haue euerlaſtynge lijf",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To love; to have affection (for someone or something)"
],
"links": [
[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"affection",
"affection"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To love; to have affection (for someone or something):"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To derive enjoyment or pleasure (from something)."
],
"links": [
[
"derive",
"derive"
],
[
"enjoyment",
"enjoyment"
],
[
"pleasure",
"pleasure"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To want or crave; to have a wish for."
],
"links": [
[
"want",
"want"
],
[
"crave",
"crave"
],
[
"wish",
"wish"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English euphemisms"
],
"glosses": [
"To make love; to have sexual intercourse with."
],
"links": [
[
"make love",
"make love"
],
[
"have",
"have"
],
[
"sexual",
"sexual"
],
[
"intercourse",
"intercourse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic) To make love; to have sexual intercourse with."
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To function well; to flourish."
],
"links": [
[
"function",
"function"
],
[
"flourish",
"flourish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To function well; to flourish."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈluvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈloːvən/"
}
],
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}
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"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"Pages with entries",
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"enm:Government",
"enm:Love",
"enm:Money",
"enm:Religion",
"enm:Sex"
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"alts": "1",
"id": "to sell"
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}
],
"text": "English: lofe, loff, loave, love"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-msc",
"2": "love"
},
"expansion": "Middle Scots: love",
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},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "loave"
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],
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"5": "",
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"g3": "",
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{
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{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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{
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],
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{
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{
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"present"
]
},
{
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"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "loven",
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "to loven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "loved",
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"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lovest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lovedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "loveth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "loven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "loveden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lovede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "loveth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lovynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lovende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "loved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yloved",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "love",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lovon",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lowe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lovien",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luve",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luvie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "luvien",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lofenn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "loven",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "lov"
},
"expansion": "loven (third-person singular simple present loveth, present participle lovende, lovynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle loved)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lov"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To praise, glorify; to give praise to:",
"To reverence or worship a deity."
],
"links": [
[
"praise",
"praise"
],
[
"glorify",
"glorify"
],
[
"reverence",
"reverence"
],
[
"worship",
"worship"
],
[
"deity",
"deity"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To praise, glorify; to give praise to:",
"To assent to or approve of; to deem acceptable."
],
"links": [
[
"praise",
"praise"
],
[
"glorify",
"glorify"
],
[
"assent",
"assent"
],
[
"approve",
"approve"
],
[
"acceptable",
"acceptable"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To valuate; to make an appraisal or valuation."
],
"links": [
[
"valuate",
"valuate"
],
[
"appraisal",
"appraisal"
],
[
"valuation",
"valuation"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɔːvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɒːvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɔvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈluvən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈloːvən/"
}
],
"word": "loven"
}
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"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''To love; to have affection (fo'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"loven"
],
"section": "Middle English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "loven",
"trace": ""
}
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