{
  "Bembix":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (the type of the family Bembicidae) of wasps comprising the large solitary or gregarious burrowing sand wasps":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bem-biks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, buzzing insect, top, whirlpool, cyclone; akin to Greek bombos booming or humming sound":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092928"
  },
  "bembicid":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the genus Bembix or the family Bembicidae":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Bembicidae , from Bembic-, Bembix , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bem-b\u0259-s\u0259d",
      "-\u02ccsid"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111428",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bemean":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": debase , lower":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + mean (adjective)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8m\u0113n",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041731",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemedaled":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": wearing or decorated with medals":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Michael Phelps, the fabled swimmer who is by far the most bemedaled athlete in history, talked frankly about his suicidal thoughts. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "The usual trappings for a State of the Union were all there: The bemedaled four star generals and unreadable black-robed justices. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 5 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8me-d\u1d4ald",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004148",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bemeet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": meet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + meet":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065300",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bementite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral consisting of a hydrous silicate of manganese occurring in grayish yellow radiated masses":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "C. S. Bement \u20201923 American manufacturer and mineral collector + English -ite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0113-m\u0259n-\u02cct\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103528",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "bemire":{
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "cleanse"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to drag through or sink in mire":[],
      ": to soil with mud or dirt":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I was not thrilled to have my brand-new car bemired by the spattering mud."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8m\u012br",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "befoul",
      "begrime",
      "besmirch",
      "blacken",
      "daub",
      "dirty",
      "distain",
      "foul",
      "gaum",
      "grime",
      "mire",
      "muck",
      "muddy",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "soil",
      "stain",
      "sully"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233123",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemired":{
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "cleanse"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to drag through or sink in mire":[],
      ": to soil with mud or dirt":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I was not thrilled to have my brand-new car bemired by the spattering mud."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8m\u012br",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "befoul",
      "begrime",
      "besmirch",
      "blacken",
      "daub",
      "dirty",
      "distain",
      "foul",
      "gaum",
      "grime",
      "mire",
      "muck",
      "muddy",
      "smirch",
      "smudge",
      "soil",
      "stain",
      "sully"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164652",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to envelop, involve, or obscure in or as if in mist":[
        "a bemisted mind"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + mist (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8mist",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083944",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemoan":{
    "antonyms":[
      "delight",
      "exult (in)",
      "glory (in)",
      "joy",
      "rejoice (in)"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to express deep grief or distress over":[
        "bemoan the death of their leader"
      ],
      ": to regard with displeasure, disapproval, or regret":[
        "bemoaning the lack of civility in modern political discourse"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He bemoans the fact that the team lost again.",
      "an article bemoaning the decline in voter turnout",
      "Some critics are always bemoaning the state of the language.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Studies still bemoan how U.S. children lag in math and science. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "Dolphins fans bemoan not winning a playoff game since 2000. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "People bemoan these cars' unreliability and finicky tune, but many of these problems were resolved by the incorporation of fuel injection in '87 (this one has it), and most others, in enduring cars, have been shaken out. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "One speaker at the Amateur Athletic Union\u2019s annual meeting took the time to bemoan how much the hobby had bled into practice time. \u2014 Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Making a Neighborhood goes beyond freebies, throwing down a challenge to people who bemoan the loss of local news but won\u2019t shell out what amounts to a monthly latte: Pay up. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "To the Mexican government and alcohol companies, the rage for tequila is perhaps an unqualified success, but ecologists like Valiente bemoan it. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s a common parlor game to bemoan our perilous state of local media in the States. \u2014 Howard Homonoff, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Now forced to make regular stops in the G League, Moody prefers to think big picture rather than bemoan his circumstances. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8m\u014dn",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bemoan deplore , lament , bewail , bemoan mean to express grief or sorrow for something. deplore implies regret for the loss or impairment of something of value. deplores the breakdown in family values lament implies a profound or demonstrative expression of sorrow. lamenting the loss of their only child bewail and bemoan imply sorrow, disappointment, or protest finding outlet in words or cries, bewail commonly suggesting loudness, and bemoan lugubriousness. fans bewailed the defeat purists bemoaning the corruption of the language",
    "synonyms":[
      "bewail",
      "deplore",
      "grieve (for)",
      "lament",
      "mourn",
      "wail (for)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205830",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemoaning":{
    "antonyms":[
      "delight",
      "exult (in)",
      "glory (in)",
      "joy",
      "rejoice (in)"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to express deep grief or distress over":[
        "bemoan the death of their leader"
      ],
      ": to regard with displeasure, disapproval, or regret":[
        "bemoaning the lack of civility in modern political discourse"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He bemoans the fact that the team lost again.",
      "an article bemoaning the decline in voter turnout",
      "Some critics are always bemoaning the state of the language.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Studies still bemoan how U.S. children lag in math and science. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 June 2022",
      "Dolphins fans bemoan not winning a playoff game since 2000. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "People bemoan these cars' unreliability and finicky tune, but many of these problems were resolved by the incorporation of fuel injection in '87 (this one has it), and most others, in enduring cars, have been shaken out. \u2014 Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "One speaker at the Amateur Athletic Union\u2019s annual meeting took the time to bemoan how much the hobby had bled into practice time. \u2014 Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Making a Neighborhood goes beyond freebies, throwing down a challenge to people who bemoan the loss of local news but won\u2019t shell out what amounts to a monthly latte: Pay up. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "To the Mexican government and alcohol companies, the rage for tequila is perhaps an unqualified success, but ecologists like Valiente bemoan it. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "It\u2019s a common parlor game to bemoan our perilous state of local media in the States. \u2014 Howard Homonoff, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Now forced to make regular stops in the G League, Moody prefers to think big picture rather than bemoan his circumstances. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8m\u014dn",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bemoan deplore , lament , bewail , bemoan mean to express grief or sorrow for something. deplore implies regret for the loss or impairment of something of value. deplores the breakdown in family values lament implies a profound or demonstrative expression of sorrow. lamenting the loss of their only child bewail and bemoan imply sorrow, disappointment, or protest finding outlet in words or cries, bewail commonly suggesting loudness, and bemoan lugubriousness. fans bewailed the defeat purists bemoaning the corruption of the language",
    "synonyms":[
      "bewail",
      "deplore",
      "grieve (for)",
      "lament",
      "mourn",
      "wail (for)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204303",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemud":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": muddle":[
        "bemudded thought"
      ],
      ": to cover or spatter with mud":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + mud (noun)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0113-",
      "bi-\u02c8m\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125507",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemuffled":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": muffled up":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + muffled":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8m\u0259-f\u0259ld",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182042",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "bemuse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement":[
        "seems truly bemused that people beyond his circle in Seattle would be interested in his ruminations",
        "\u2014 Ruth B. Smith"
      ],
      ": to make confused : puzzle , bewilder":[],
      ": to occupy the attention of : distract , absorb":[
        "has bemused audiences around the world"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a public that seemed more bemused by the shenanigans of celebrities than by a war being waged half a world away",
      "the stage mishap momentarily bemused the actress",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cigar in hand and a shot of tequila nearby, Texas native White would bemuse his fans with tales of drunken escapades. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Among Fincher die-hards, the result will probably bemuse some, bore many, and thrill a relative but hearty minority. \u2014 Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "According to Peggy Leboeuf, a partner at Perrotin Gallery, a startled, and bemused , a woman in the crowd thought the original artist \u2014 Cattelan \u2014 was eating his own banana off the wall. \u2014 Howard Cohen And Siobhan Morrissey, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "The officer, bemused but apparently satisfied, took Braithwaite\u2019s license and walked away. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "Reactions from constituents to his comeback bid have ranged from bemused to horrified. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "Which is why the look athletics director Joe Castiglione\u2019s face was a mixture of bemused and puzzled when this question was raised Wednesday as Oklahoma prepared to play in Saturday\u2019s Peach Bowl as a two-touchdown underdog to No. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "Bellocchi is both aghast and bemused by the psychology behind the cultural phenomenon of Mafia crime. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "The notion that Bolton, a longtime bugbear of Democrats who has worked in four Republican administrations, was operating furtively within the White House to advance liberal objectives bemused some who have dealt with him. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0113-",
      "bi-\u02c8my\u00fcz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "busy",
      "catch up",
      "engage",
      "engross",
      "enthrall",
      "enthral",
      "enwrap",
      "fascinate",
      "grip",
      "immerse",
      "interest",
      "intrigue",
      "involve",
      "occupy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094443",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemused":{
    "antonyms":[
      "clearheaded"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or showing feelings of wry amusement especially from something that is surprising or perplexing":[
        "This is not another of those now popular books about a bemused outsider's sojourn in rural France, brimming with colorful locals and heart-warming anecdotes.",
        "\u2014 J. D. McClatchy"
      ],
      ": lost in thought or reverie":[
        "\u2026 as distant and bemused as a Professor Emeritus listening to the prattling of his freshman class.",
        "\u2014 Michael Straight"
      ],
      ": marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed":[
        "\u2026 he was fumbling with the sheets, and looking down at them with a slightly bemused expression as though the stuff before him was in a foreign language \u2026",
        "\u2014 Robert Penn Warren"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Instead, Shields was left to measure the aspirations and achievements of later generations of political figures, typically couching his views with bemused sense of humor, brushed with the disappointment of reality. \u2014 Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
      "At the top, the two agree to fight as a bemused river god looks on. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
      "This despite the series being built, to the point of bemused discomfort, upon the day-to-day tensions and personality conflicts that befall every family. \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
      "That way when Texas A&M\u2019s fast-talking fifth-year coach opens his mouth his players are the primary recipients of whatever comes out of it \u2014 and not a suddenly attentive, bemused nation lapping up his every hot take. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 24 May 2022",
      "Ladji\u2019s work here is strikingly generous: her witty character is enamored of her pal and Ladji gives her a wry sense of humor and a delightfully bemused quality. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
      "Collins\u2019 bemused reaction was typical of many Republicans, who treated Greene\u2019s comment as an irritant rather than a major outrage. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The amusing encounter first saw the officer approach the unmanned Chevy Bolt with characteristic swagger, only to be left bemused that no one was behind the wheel. \u2014 Massimo Marioni, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The flood of TikTok videos is perhaps more likely to evoke our bemused awareness, a feeling of sympathy that lasts only long enough to keep us scrolling. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0113-",
      "bi-\u02c8my\u00fczd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "addle",
      "addled",
      "addlepated",
      "bedeviled",
      "befogged",
      "befuddled",
      "bewildered",
      "bushed",
      "confounded",
      "confused",
      "dazed",
      "distracted",
      "dizzy",
      "dopey",
      "dopy",
      "fogged",
      "mixed-up",
      "muddleheaded",
      "muzzy",
      "pixilated",
      "pixillated",
      "punch-drunk",
      "punchy",
      "raddled",
      "shell-shocked",
      "silly",
      "slaphappy",
      "spaced-out",
      "spaced",
      "spacey",
      "spacy",
      "stunned",
      "stupefied",
      "zonked",
      "zonked-out"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233524",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "bemusement":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement":[
        "seems truly bemused that people beyond his circle in Seattle would be interested in his ruminations",
        "\u2014 Ruth B. Smith"
      ],
      ": to make confused : puzzle , bewilder":[],
      ": to occupy the attention of : distract , absorb":[
        "has bemused audiences around the world"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a public that seemed more bemused by the shenanigans of celebrities than by a war being waged half a world away",
      "the stage mishap momentarily bemused the actress",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cigar in hand and a shot of tequila nearby, Texas native White would bemuse his fans with tales of drunken escapades. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Among Fincher die-hards, the result will probably bemuse some, bore many, and thrill a relative but hearty minority. \u2014 Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "According to Peggy Leboeuf, a partner at Perrotin Gallery, a startled, and bemused , a woman in the crowd thought the original artist \u2014 Cattelan \u2014 was eating his own banana off the wall. \u2014 Howard Cohen And Siobhan Morrissey, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
      "The officer, bemused but apparently satisfied, took Braithwaite\u2019s license and walked away. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "Reactions from constituents to his comeback bid have ranged from bemused to horrified. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Jan. 2020",
      "Which is why the look athletics director Joe Castiglione\u2019s face was a mixture of bemused and puzzled when this question was raised Wednesday as Oklahoma prepared to play in Saturday\u2019s Peach Bowl as a two-touchdown underdog to No. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 27 Dec. 2019",
      "Bellocchi is both aghast and bemused by the psychology behind the cultural phenomenon of Mafia crime. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "The notion that Bolton, a longtime bugbear of Democrats who has worked in four Republican administrations, was operating furtively within the White House to advance liberal objectives bemused some who have dealt with him. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 29 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1734, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8my\u00fcz",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absorb",
      "busy",
      "catch up",
      "engage",
      "engross",
      "enthrall",
      "enthral",
      "enwrap",
      "fascinate",
      "grip",
      "immerse",
      "interest",
      "intrigue",
      "involve",
      "occupy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185136",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "bemad":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to make insane or frantic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + mad":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182514"
  },
  "bemaster":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to master thoroughly : bring under control":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8m\u00e4-",
      "bi-\u02c8ma-st\u0259r",
      "b\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + master":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001548"
  },
  "bemaul":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to maul thoroughly":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "b\u0113-",
      "bi-\u02c8m\u022fl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "be- + maul":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032428"
  },
  "bema":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the usually raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar":[],
      ": bimah":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0113-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin & Late Greek; Late Latin, from Late Greek b\u0113ma , from Greek, step, tribunal, from bainein to go \u2014 more at come":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063119"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bewildered , stupefied":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "bi-\u02c8m\u0101zd",
      "b\u0113-"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English bemased , from past participle of bemasen to stupefy, from be- + masen to stupefy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-170616"
  },
  "BEM":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "bachelor of engineering of mines":[],
      "British Empire Medal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180923"
  },
  "Bemba":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of a primarily agricultural Bantu-speaking people of northeastern Zambia":[],
      ": a Bantu language of the Bemba people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bem-b\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Bemba, stem of ul\u00fabemb\u00e1 , a self-designation":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230820"
  },
  "bembex":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a bembicid wasp":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8bem-\u02ccbeks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Bembex":"Noun",
      "New Latin, alteration of Bembix":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091653"
  }
}