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{
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"mite":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small coin or sum of money":[],
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": a very little : bit":[],
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": a very small object or creature":[],
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": any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors":[],
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": somewhat , rather":[
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"could be that I am a mite prejudiced",
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"\u2014 John Fischer"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Middle French or Middle Dutch; Middle French, small Flemish copper coin, from Middle Dutch":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English m\u012bte ; akin to Middle Dutch mite mite, small copper coin":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012bt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234700",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mitigate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aggravate",
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"exacerbate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": extenuate":[
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"attempted to mitigate the offense"
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],
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": to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify":[
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"aggressiveness may be mitigated or \u2026 channeled",
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"\u2014 Ashley Montagu"
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],
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": to make less severe or painful : alleviate":[
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"mitigate a patient's suffering"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"At the far end of the room is a sliding glass door, taped with an X to mitigate shattering. The framing is flimsy, and rattles from mortar rounds even a half mile away. \u2014 William Langewiesche , Atlantic , May 2005",
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"\u2026 a genre novel whose inevitable cinematic ending doesn't mitigate the visceral and emotional power of what has come before. It lingers in the memory like a very bad dream. \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , New York Review of Books , 14 Aug. 2003",
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"For 65 holes Norman dominated the classic rolling fairways and small, subtle greens of Olympic \u2026 with driving and iron play so solid that it mitigated mediocre putting. \u2014 Jaime Diaz , Sports Illustrated , 8 Nov. 1993",
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"Emergency funds are being provided to help mitigate the effects of the disaster.",
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"medicines used to mitigate a patient's suffering",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The United States Patent and Trademark Office will expedite patent applications, at no extra charge, for inventions that promise to mitigate climate change, its director announced this month. \u2014 Jeff Mcmahon, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
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"This has a leader at Harm Reduction Ohio, which works to reduce overdoses, concerned about whether the money will be actually spent to mitigate the effects of the opioid crisis. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
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"Yet political policies of global governments aren\u2019t nearly enough to mitigate these dangers, making our individual actions feel, well, powerless. \u2014 Colleen De Bellefonds, SELF , 27 June 2022",
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"However, fake news and misinformation on climate change is interfering with how the scientific community engages with people interested in making lifestyle changes to mitigate the effects of climate change. \u2014 Dongwook Kim, Scientific American , 27 June 2022",
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"Knowing your strengths and weaknesses and how to mitigate those weaknesses goes a long way in BB. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 25 June 2022",
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"The slow fading of the pandemic has coincided with a historic surge in inflation, spurring food manufacturers to mitigate continuing supply-chain challenges and surging raw-materials costs with price increases on food. \u2014 Dean Seal, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"In granting the variance to the phosphorus limit, state agencies are requiring North Davis Sewer to mitigate phragmites in Farmington Bay. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
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"The consent decree requires Drummond to pay $2.65 million in court costs and $1 million for a supplemental environmental project to mitigate the effects of past pollution, plus set aside funds to operate treatment systems for at least 30 years. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Latin mitigatus , past participle of mitigare to soften, from mitis soft + -igare (akin to Latin agere to drive); akin to Old Irish mo\u00edth soft \u2014 more at agent":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-t\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t",
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"\u02c8mit-\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mitigate relieve , alleviate , lighten , assuage , mitigate , allay mean to make something less grievous. relieve implies a lifting of enough of a burden to make it tolerable. took an aspirin to relieve the pain alleviate implies temporary or partial lessening of pain or distress. the lotion alleviated the itching lighten implies reducing a burdensome or depressing weight. good news would lighten our worries assuage implies softening or sweetening what is harsh or disagreeable. ocean breezes assuaged the intense heat mitigate suggests a moderating or countering of the effect of something violent or painful. the need to mitigate barbaric laws allay implies an effective calming or soothing of fears or alarms. allayed their fears",
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"synonyms":[
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"allay",
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"alleviate",
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"assuage",
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"ease",
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"help",
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"mollify",
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"palliate",
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"relieve",
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"soothe"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091725",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"transitive verb",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mitosis":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a process that takes place in the nucleus of a dividing cell, involves typically a series of steps consisting of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase, and results in the formation of two new nuclei each having the same number of chromosomes as the parent nucleus \u2014 compare meiosis":[],
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": cell division in which mitosis occurs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u012b-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Why was the science teacher hesitant to give a lecture on mitosis ",
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"Ear Taxi\u2019s sophomore edition comprised dozens of world premieres, some 600 artists, and more than a hundred performances \u2014 much of which was streamed for live and post-concert viewing, no mitosis necessary. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com , 6 Oct. 2021",
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"In apomixis, reproductive cells replicate using mitosis , forming genetically identical offspring. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 Aug. 2021",
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"In another form of parthenogenesis, apomixis, reproductive cells replicate via mitosis , a process in which the cell duplicates to create two diploid cells\u2014a kind of genetic copy-and-paste. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, National Geographic , 25 Aug. 2020",
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"Think Methodist mitosis rather than scandalous schism. \u2014 al , 21 Feb. 2020",
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"But that messiness poses a problem during mitosis , when the cell has to make a copy of its genetic material and divide in two. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 Feb. 2018",
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"This sort of movement- mitosis appears to be an essential element in the natural physiology of social justice campaigns. \u2014 Elaine Weiss, Time , 6 Mar. 2018",
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"In another, a flower girl splits in two, like a cell undergoing mitosis . \u2014 David Pagel, latimes.com , 14 Aug. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from German Mitosis (later Mitose ), from Greek m\u00edtos \"length of thread, cord used to separate warp threads\" (of uncertain origin) + -\u014dsis -osis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012455"
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},
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"miterwort":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a genus ( Mitella ) of rhizomatous perennial herbs of the saxifrage family that bear a capsule resembling a bishop's miter":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012b-t\u0259r-\u02ccw\u0259rt",
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"-\u02ccw\u022frt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1771, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025646"
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},
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"miter joint":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a usually perpendicular joint made by fastening together parts with the ends cut at an angle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1688, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062517"
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},
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"mitrewort":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a genus ( Mitella ) of rhizomatous perennial herbs of the saxifrage family that bear a capsule resembling a bishop's miter":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012b-t\u0259r-\u02ccw\u0259rt",
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"-\u02ccw\u022frt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1771, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071610"
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},
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"mitochondrial DNA":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an extranuclear double-stranded DNA found exclusively in mitochondria that in most eukaryotes is a circular molecule and is maternally inherited":[
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"\u2014 abbreviation mtDNA"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081937"
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},
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"Mitridae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of marine snails (suborder Stenoglossa) comprising the miters \u2014 see mitra":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Mitra , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124010"
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},
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"mitoplast":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a filamentous plastid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012bt\u0259\u02ccplast",
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"\u02c8mit-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary mit- + -plast ; probably originally formed as French mitoplaste":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-130532"
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},
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"mitriform":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": shaped like a bishop's miter":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012b\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin mitriformis , from Latin mitra turban + -iformis -iform":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143557"
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},
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"mitochondriome":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": chondriome":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin mitochondri on + English -ome":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151531"
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},
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"miter gear":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of a pair of interchangeable bevel gears with axes at right angles":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163914"
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},
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"mito-":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
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"\u2014 see mit-":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164031"
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},
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"miter gate":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of a pair of canal lock gates that swing out from the side walls and meet at an angle pointing toward the upper level":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174227"
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},
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"mitomycin":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccm\u012b-t\u0259-\u02c8m\u012b-s\u1d4an",
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"\u02ccm\u012bt-\u0259-\u02c8m\u012bs-\u1d4an"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"A shortage of the bladder-cancer drug BCG in 2014 and 2015 led to sharp price increases for a less effective alternative treatment, mitomycin , according to research published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine. \u2014 Peter Loftus, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from mito- (taken as a combining form of mitosis ) + -mycin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175651"
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},
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"mit-":{
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"combining form"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": thread":[
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"mito plast"
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],
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": mitosis":[
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"mito clastic",
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"mito depressive",
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"mito genetic"
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],
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"send":[],
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"milled in transit; milling in transit":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek, from mitos":"Combining form",
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"Latin mitte , 2nd person singular imperative of mittere to send":"Abbreviation"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200121"
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},
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"Mitropoulos":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"1896\u20131960 American (Greek-born) conductor":[
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"Di*mi*tri \\ d\u0259-\u200b\u02c8m\u0113-\u200btr\u0113 \\"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259-\u02c8tr\u00e4-p\u0259-l\u0259s"
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234034"
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"mitnagged":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an orthodox Jew especially in eastern Europe opposed to the teachings of the Hasidim":[],
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": a non-Hasid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmitn\u00e4\u02c8ged",
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"mi\u02c8sn\u00e4g\u0259\u0307d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Hebrew mithn\u0101gg\u0113d & Yiddish misnaged , from Hebrew mithn\u0101gg\u0113d opposing, opponent":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024311"
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}
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} |