See spae in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "the art of predicting the future",
"translation": "the art of predicting the future",
"word": "spae-craft"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "sorcerers, wizards",
"translation": "sorcerers, wizards",
"word": "spae-folk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "the practice of fortune-telling, prophecy",
"translation": "the practice of fortune-telling, prophecy",
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"translation": "prognosticating, prophesying, soothsaying",
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "female fortuneteller",
"translation": "female fortuneteller",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "prophecy, fortunetelling",
"translation": "prophecy, fortunetelling",
"word": "spaedom"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"translation": "fortuneteller, diviner, prophet",
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"translation": "fortuneteller, soothsayer",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"word": "spaewife"
}
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]
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"_dis": "76 24",
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"name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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"to prophesy, foretell, predict, tell fortunes"
],
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],
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"foretell"
],
[
"predict",
"predict"
],
[
"tell",
"tell"
],
[
"fortune",
"fortune"
]
]
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"to anticipate, wish, have ambitions for"
],
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"anticipate",
"anticipate"
],
[
"wish",
"wish"
],
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"ambitions",
"ambitions"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[spe]"
},
{
"ipa": "[spoː]"
}
],
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}
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"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old Norse",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots verbs"
],
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"english": "the art of predicting the future",
"translation": "the art of predicting the future",
"word": "spae-craft"
},
{
"english": "sorcerers, wizards",
"translation": "sorcerers, wizards",
"word": "spae-folk"
},
{
"english": "the practice of fortune-telling, prophecy",
"translation": "the practice of fortune-telling, prophecy",
"word": "spae-trade"
},
{
"english": "prognosticating, prophesying, soothsaying",
"translation": "prognosticating, prophesying, soothsaying",
"word": "spae-wark"
},
{
"english": "female fortuneteller",
"translation": "female fortuneteller",
"word": "spae-woman"
},
{
"english": "prophecy, fortunetelling",
"translation": "prophecy, fortunetelling",
"word": "spaedom"
},
{
"english": "fortuneteller, diviner, prophet",
"translation": "fortuneteller, diviner, prophet",
"word": "spaeman"
},
{
"english": "fortuneteller, soothsayer",
"translation": "fortuneteller, soothsayer",
"word": "spaer"
},
{
"english": "female fortuneteller",
"translation": "female fortuneteller",
"word": "spaewife"
}
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"4": "",
"5": "to foretell, prophesy"
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"name": "der"
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},
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"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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"past"
]
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],
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},
{
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}
],
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}
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