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},
{
"glosses": [
"depressed, sorrowful"
],
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],
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"sorrowful",
"sorrowful"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"confused, afraid"
],
"links": [
[
"confused",
"confused"
],
[
"afraid",
"afraid"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/maːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mat/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maat"
},
{
"word": "mate"
},
{
"word": "matt"
}
],
"word": "mat"
}
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"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English verbs",
"enm:Chess",
"enm:Emotions",
"enm:Sleep"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
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"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "mat",
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],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "mate"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of mate"
],
"links": [
[
"mate",
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]
],
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]
}
],
"word": "mat"
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"word": "matte"
}
],
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"Alternative form of matte"
],
"links": [
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"matte",
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]
],
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]
}
],
"word": "mat"
}
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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{
"extra": "to overpower",
"word": "maten"
}
],
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"Alternative form of maten (“to overpower”)"
],
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"maten",
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],
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}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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