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1363 lines
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"Vincent de L\u00e9rins":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Saint died circa a.d. 450 Gallic theologian":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vin(t)-s\u0259nt-d\u0259-l\u0101-\u02c8ra\u207fs"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135532",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Vincent de Paul":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Saint 1581\u20131660 French religious":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vin(t)-s\u0259nt-d\u0259-\u02c8p\u022fl"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065025",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Vincentian":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Mission founded by St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, France, in 1625 and devoted to missions and seminaries":[],
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": a native or inhabitant of the island of St. Vincent":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"vin-\u02c8sen(t)-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180257",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Vincetoxicum":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large genus of chiefly tropical American vines (family Asclepiadaceae) having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers with the corolla rotate and 5-parted and an entire or lobed crown":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin vincere to conquer + toxicum poison; from the former belief that it was a counterpoison":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccvin(t)s\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4ks\u0259\u0307k\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202310",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Vinci, da":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"Leonardo \u2014 see leonardo da vinci":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045816",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Vindhya Mountains":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"mountain range in north central India north of and parallel to the Narmada River":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-d\u0113-\u0259",
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"\u02c8vin-dy\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081223",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Vindhya Pradesh":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"former state of northeast central India with Rewa as its capital":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"pr\u0259-\u02c8desh",
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"-\u02c8d\u0101sh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184458",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"vin de table":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": table wine":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"va\u207f-d\u0259-t\u00e4bl\u1d4a"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141155",
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"type":[
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"French noun phrase"
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]
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},
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"vin du pays":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": wine of the locality : wine slightly higher in quality than table wine":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"va\u207f-d\u1d6b-p\u0101-\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111537",
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"type":[
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"French noun phrase"
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]
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},
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"vinchuca":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several bugs of the genus Triatoma (especially T. infestans )":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Spanish, from Quechua wihchuykuk":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"vin\u02c8ch\u00fck\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073840",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vincible":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": capable of being overcome or subdued":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Sure, Prescott has made a full recovery, but last year proved that Prescott was indeed vincible . \u2014 John Owning, Dallas News , 11 June 2021",
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"To imagine his vincible body all-powerful, a body that in this society is so often consumed as a money-maker and an object of perverse desire, perceived to have superhuman and thus threatening powers",
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"Meanwhile, the Dynamo suddenly are quite vincible at home, the growing pains (and absences) in Portland are real, and D.C. may be out of contention by the time Audi Field opens in July. \u2014 Brian Straus, SI.com , 3 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin vincibilis , from vincere to conquer \u2014 more at victor":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vin(t)-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014740",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"vincit omnia veritas":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": truth conquers all things":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccwi\u014b-kit-\u02c8\u022fm-n\u0113-\u00e4-\u02c8w\u0101-ri-\u02cct\u00e4s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201102",
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"type":[
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"Latin phrase"
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]
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},
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"vincristine":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an alkaloid C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 from the rosy periwinkle used especially in the form of its sulfate to treat some human neoplastic diseases (such as acute leukemia)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Medications like chemotherapy drugs vincristine (Marqibo), paclitaxel (Abraxane) can also exacerbate symptoms, the Mayo Clinic says. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
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"The average sales price for a vial of vincristine is about $5, according to the Children\u2019s Oncology Group letter. \u2014 Todd Ackerman, ExpressNews.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
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"Until earlier this year, there were two suppliers of vincristine : Pfizer and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. \u2014 Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2019",
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"In the case of vincristine , for example, the medication was only made by two companies. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Nov. 2019",
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"The Food and Drug Administration, whose website lists vincristine as currently in shortage, says deliveries should resume later this month. \u2014 Todd Ackerman, ExpressNews.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
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"When treated with carboplatin and vincristine , the two chemotherapy drugs Zahler had recommended, 70 percent of patients saw their tumors shrink or stabilize, the doctor said. \u2014 Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com , 13 May 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"vin ca + Latin crista crest + English -ine entry 2 \u2014 more at crest":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)vin-\u02c8kris-\u02cct\u0113n",
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"(\u02cc)vin-\u02c8kri-\u02ccst\u0113n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134525",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"vindicable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": capable of being vindicated":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1647, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vin-di-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162449",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"vindicate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"criminate",
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"incriminate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": avenge":[],
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": confirm , substantiate":[],
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": to free from allegation or blame":[],
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": to maintain a right to":[],
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": to protect from attack or encroachment : defend":[],
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": to provide justification or defense for : justify":[],
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": to set free : deliver":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.",
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"These discoveries vindicate their theory.",
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"Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.",
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"He felt vindicated when the truth became known.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The reversal from Watson\u2019s public vow to vindicate himself may have surprised fans. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
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"While the gambit is not guaranteed to succeed, Putin would need to withdraw military forces for the agreement to take effect, and then avoid further aggression to vindicate the policy as a cornerstone of European security. \u2014 Andrew Day, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Yet the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division runs roughshod over the former, fundamental civil right in order to vindicate the latter, dubious civil right. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Fetterman's lead certainly does vindicate a narrative about the ascendance of progressivism in the party, but not quite in the way analysts have framed it. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 17 May 2022",
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"The district court and 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the school district, but the Supreme Court's six-member conservative majority appeared to be looking for ways to overturn those results and vindicate the coach's actions. \u2014 Jeffrey Toobin, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Appeals to continuity after World War II could condemn or vindicate . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s no surer way to vindicate the fears of those people that led them to seek NATO membership than to witness their country being overrun by the Russian military. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Seeking to vindicate their constitutional rights, the family sued Martin, arguing that his force against each woman was unconstitutionally excessive. \u2014 Alexa Gervasi, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1571, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin vindicatus , past participle of vindicare to lay claim to, avenge, from vindic-, vindex claimant, avenger":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vin-d\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vindicate exculpate , absolve , exonerate , acquit , vindicate mean to free from a charge. exculpate implies a clearing from blame or fault often in a matter of small importance. exculpating himself from the charge of overenthusiasm absolve implies a release either from an obligation that binds the conscience or from the consequences of disobeying the law or committing a sin. cannot be absolved of blame exonerate implies a complete clearance from an accusation or charge and from any attendant suspicion of blame or guilt. exonerated by the investigation acquit implies a formal decision in one's favor with respect to a definite charge. voted to acquit the defendant vindicate may refer to things as well as persons that have been subjected to critical attack or imputation of guilt, weakness, or folly, and implies a clearing effected by proving the unfairness of such criticism or blame. her judgment was vindicated maintain , assert , defend , vindicate , justify mean to uphold as true, right, just, or reasonable. maintain stresses firmness of conviction. steadfastly maintained his innocence assert suggests determination to make others accept one's claim. asserted her rights defend implies maintaining in the face of attack or criticism. defended his voting record vindicate implies successfully defending. his success vindicated our faith in him justify implies showing to be true, just, or valid by appeal to a standard or to precedent. the action was used to justify military intervention",
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"synonyms":[
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"absolve",
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"acquit",
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"clear",
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"exculpate",
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"exonerate"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015830",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"vindicating":{
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"antonyms":[
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"criminate",
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"incriminate"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": avenge":[],
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": confirm , substantiate":[],
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": to free from allegation or blame":[],
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": to maintain a right to":[],
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": to protect from attack or encroachment : defend":[],
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": to provide justification or defense for : justify":[],
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": to set free : deliver":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.",
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"These discoveries vindicate their theory.",
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"Their approach to the problem has been vindicated by the positive results.",
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"He felt vindicated when the truth became known.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The reversal from Watson\u2019s public vow to vindicate himself may have surprised fans. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
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"While the gambit is not guaranteed to succeed, Putin would need to withdraw military forces for the agreement to take effect, and then avoid further aggression to vindicate the policy as a cornerstone of European security. \u2014 Andrew Day, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Yet the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division runs roughshod over the former, fundamental civil right in order to vindicate the latter, dubious civil right. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Fetterman's lead certainly does vindicate a narrative about the ascendance of progressivism in the party, but not quite in the way analysts have framed it. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 17 May 2022",
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"The district court and 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the school district, but the Supreme Court's six-member conservative majority appeared to be looking for ways to overturn those results and vindicate the coach's actions. \u2014 Jeffrey Toobin, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Appeals to continuity after World War II could condemn or vindicate . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s no surer way to vindicate the fears of those people that led them to seek NATO membership than to witness their country being overrun by the Russian military. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Seeking to vindicate their constitutional rights, the family sued Martin, arguing that his force against each woman was unconstitutionally excessive. \u2014 Alexa Gervasi, The Week , 5 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1571, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin vindicatus , past participle of vindicare to lay claim to, avenge, from vindic-, vindex claimant, avenger":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vin-d\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vindicate exculpate , absolve , exonerate , acquit , vindicate mean to free from a charge. exculpate implies a clearing from blame or fault often in a matter of small importance. exculpating himself from the charge of overenthusiasm absolve implies a release either from an obligation that binds the conscience or from the consequences of disobeying the law or committing a sin. cannot be absolved of blame exonerate implies a complete clearance from an accusation or charge and from any attendant suspicion of blame or guilt. exonerated by the investigation acquit implies a formal decision in one's favor with respect to a definite charge. voted to acquit the defendant vindicate may refer to things as well as persons that have been subjected to critical attack or imputation of guilt, weakness, or folly, and implies a clearing effected by proving the unfairness of such criticism or blame. her judgment was vindicated maintain , assert , defend , vindicate , justify mean to uphold as true, right, just, or reasonable. maintain stresses firmness of conviction. steadfastly maintained his innocence assert suggests determination to make others accept one's claim. asserted her rights defend implies maintaining in the face of attack or criticism. defended his voting record vindicate implies successfully defending. his success vindicated our faith in him justify implies showing to be true, just, or valid by appeal to a standard or to precedent. the action was used to justify military intervention",
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"synonyms":[
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"absolve",
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"acquit",
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"clear",
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"exculpate",
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"exonerate"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045419",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"vindication":{
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"antonyms":[
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"conviction"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"recanted testimony that resulted in a long-overdue vindication",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Cannes wins are also vindication for Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM, which was partly responsible for Korean culture\u2019s modern incarnation, and which has been in the Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho business for more than twenty years. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 29 May 2022",
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"Some of Heaps\u2019 accusers called the settlement a vindication after complaining about the doctor for years and seeing little done. \u2014 Richard Wintonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
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"That\u2019s vindication for the much maligned notion that shoe cushioning can lighten the load on your joints and reduce injury risk. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 7 May 2022",
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"Moonfall is emphatically not the latter \u2014 but at times, its shlockiness becomes as distracting as its vindication of fringe viewpoints. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Week , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"Unlike any defrocked president since the nineteenth century, Trump seems determined to make the midterms, especially the GOP primaries, into a crusade for his personal vindication . \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 16 Aug. 2021",
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"Finding gold in Ohio would be a vindication , a demonstration that his theories are correct and that our understanding of history must be adjusted. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
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"When Zhu fell flat on the ice and finished last in her Olympic debut Sunday, many saw it as vindication that picking Zhu over her rival was unjustified. \u2014 Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"For Hailey, the debate itself is its own sort of vindication \u2014a testament to the impact of his 2018 paper and its role, however small, in bringing scientists closer to the truth. \u2014 Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American , 5 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1613, in the meaning defined above":""
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"acquittal",
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"clearing",
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"exculpation",
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"exoneration"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162729",
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": punitive":[],
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"1521, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"vin-\u02c8di-k\u0259-tiv"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134853",
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"type":[
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},
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"vindicator":{
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"definitions":{
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": a person or thing that vindicates something or someone":[
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"They saw George, who had served with distinction against France in the War of the Spanish Succession, as a British warrior king, the vindicator of European Protestantism, and thus the defender of the balance of power.",
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"\u2014 Brendan Simms",
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"They falsely have cast themselves as the defender of rights and vindicator of the vulnerable.",
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"\u2014 US Official News",
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"John Quincy Adams expressed this view definitively when he remarked that the United States \"goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.\"",
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"\u2014 James P. Rubin"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1566, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8vin-di-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042558",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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": punitive , retributive":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033513",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"vindictive":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": disposed to seek revenge : vengeful":[],
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": intended for or involving revenge":[],
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": intended to cause anguish or hurt : spiteful":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Well, maybe actually waging vendettas is a bad idea, but to be known for your vindictiveness can be a great advantage, for then people will take care not to cross you. And maybe the surest way of acquiring a reputation for vindictiveness is actually to be vindictive . \u2014 David Papineau , New York Times Book Review , 11 May 1997",
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"And though his [John Simon's] caustic wit can sometimes sound more personally vindictive than objectively critical, it allows him to plow through a lot of literary pretentiousness. \u2014 Andrea Barnet , New York Times Book Review , 19 Mar. 1989",
|
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"The bear, seen in many aspects as humanlike, was subject to ambivalent attitudes: mainly, he was seen as a stand-in for benevolent supernaturals, but sometimes also as a dangerous and at times a vindictive and harmful one. \u2014 William W. Fitzhugh & Aron Crowell , Crossroads of Continents , 1988",
|
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"A machine gun lashed at him from across the river. \u2026 In the darkness, it spat a vindictive white light like an acetylene torch, and its sound was terrifying. \u2014 Norman Mailer , The Naked and the Dead , 1948",
|
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"In observing so long a silence I have been influenced much more by a vindictive purpose,\u2014a purpose to punish you for your suspicion that I could possibly feel myself hurt or offended by any critical suggestion of yours \u2026 \u2014 William Cowper 26 Feb. 1791 , in William Cowper's Letters , Edward Verrall Lucas, editor , 1924",
|
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"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive . \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , The Moon and Sixpence , 1919",
|
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"be careful not to annoy the vindictive old woman who lives down the street",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"LIV Golf, run by Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, responded to the tour\u2019s decision by calling it vindictive and divisive. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Anchorage Daily News , 9 June 2022",
|
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"LIV Golf, run by Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, responded to the tour's decision by calling it vindictive and divisive. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chron , 9 June 2022",
|
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"LIV Golf, run by Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, responded to the tour\u2019s decision by calling it vindictive and divisive. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
|
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"Mosby\u2019s statements serve as part of a basis for Davis asking the judge to dismiss his cases for vindictive prosecution. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
|
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"Gene\u2019s now a broken man with payback on his mind, and the vindictive Fuches has similar plans, albeit for different reasons. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Is this the sort of vindictive trouble that Enrico feared",
|
|
"Vardy was pregnant at the time of the post and has received unimaginably vindictive threats to both her and her baby\u2019s life. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
|
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"People treat an inability to forgive like it\u2019s some kind of conscious, vindictive choice instead of being a visceral emotional response to pain and grief. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin vindicta revenge, vindication, from vindicare":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"vin-\u02c8dik-tiv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"revengeful",
|
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"vengeful"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060324",
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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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},
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"vindictive damages":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": punitive damages":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044922",
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"vinegar":{
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"antonyms":[
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"lethargy",
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"listlessness",
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"sluggishness",
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"torpidity"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a sour liquid obtained by fermentation of dilute alcoholic liquids and used as a condiment or preservative":[],
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": ill humor : sourness":[],
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": vim":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
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"glad to see his old friend was still full of vinegar after so many years",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"My recent trail-mix formula included salt-and- vinegar pistachios, Corn Nuts, chickpea puffs, and that almighty thru-hiking staple with a love song all to its own: Flamin\u2019 Hot Cheetos. \u2014 Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Add the jalape\u00f1o, salt, vinegar , oil and herbs and toss well to coat. \u2014 Steven Satterfield, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
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"Once soup is thick, uniform and creamy, pour into a bowl and season with more salt, vinegar and oil to taste. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 21 July 2021",
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"For Davis, the pandemic gave rise to virtual classes in which supplies (cheese cultures) and shopping lists (for milk, cream, salt and vinegar ) are sent in advance, with the cooking class happening online in real time. \u2014 Kazz Regelman, Los Angeles Times , 15 July 2021",
|
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"Season with generous amounts of black pepper, taste, and add more salt or vinegar , if needed. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 July 2021",
|
|
"Dill, salt and dehydrated vinegar do most of the heavy lifting flavorwise, with a back-end note of garlic and parsley. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2021",
|
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"Toss, then taste and season with salt and additional vinegar . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2021",
|
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"Have\u2019a corn chips; Cape Cod\u2019s Sea Salt & vinegar chips. \u2014 Marquita K. Harris, Glamour , 25 May 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English vinegre , from Anglo-French vin egre , from vin wine (from Latin vinum ) + egre keen, sour \u2014 more at eager":""
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8vin-i-g\u0259r",
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"\u02c8vi-ni-g\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"beans",
|
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"bounce",
|
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"brio",
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"dash",
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"drive",
|
|
"dynamism",
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"energy",
|
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"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
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"get-up-and-go",
|
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"ginger",
|
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"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"moxie",
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"oomph",
|
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"pep",
|
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"punch",
|
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"sap",
|
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"snap",
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|
"starch",
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|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
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"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094910",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"vinegar of lead":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": goulard's extract":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104133",
|
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"type":[]
|
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},
|
|
"vinegar of opium":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a solution of opium in diluted acetic acid":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-102831",
|
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"type":[]
|
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},
|
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"vinegary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": disagreeable, bitter, or irascible in character or manner":[
|
|
"two vinegary fellows bickering"
|
|
],
|
|
": flavored with vinegar":[],
|
|
": resembling vinegar : sour":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The dipping sauce in the center was the clear, vinegary variety, with a bit of red chile and garlic. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
|
|
"The supremely enjoyable version at The Russell is a large red snapper, fried (with the head on) to perfect crispness, then smothered in onions and carrots and given a highly vinegary dressing. \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Go for the brisket, pulled pork, meaty pintos and vinegary slaw \u2014 and also throw in a side of buttermilk biscuits, which rewarm nicely for breakfast the next day. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"As if reacting to the vinegary flavor of Gen X culture, those \u201990s films all have a sweetness to them that is also a fantasy of na\u00efvet\u00e9. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"That sticky, sweet and vinegary condiment is credited to an almost certainly fictional 19th-century British Army officer and has become the most popular form of chutney in the U.S. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Those of us raised on this type of mountain fare intuitively used the spicy, vinegary , peppery, sweet, and acidic condiments to finesse each forkful, doctoring our plates to our liking in endless combinations of texture and flavor. \u2014 Sheri Castle, Travel + Leisure , 4 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Next time a bottle of wine turns stale or vinegary , don\u2019t dump it. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 23 July 2021",
|
|
"The vegetables are tangy and vinegary with a fiery kick. \u2014 Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8vi-ni-g(\u0259-)r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"tartish"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041655",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"vintage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernist",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a collection of contemporaneous and similar persons or things : crop":[],
|
|
": a period of origin or manufacture":[
|
|
"a piano of 1845 vintage"
|
|
],
|
|
": a season's yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard":[],
|
|
": dating from the past : old":[],
|
|
": length of existence : age":[],
|
|
": of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality : classic":[],
|
|
": of the best and most characteristic":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with a proper noun vintage Shaw: a wise and winning comedy \u2014 Time"
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or produced in a particular vintage":[],
|
|
": outmoded , old-fashioned":[],
|
|
": the act or time of harvesting grapes or making wine":[]
|
|
},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
|
"a piano of 1845 vintage",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"the designer's bracelets and necklaces have the vintage look of jewelry from the 1920s",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"This Napa Valley vintage presses whole clusters of Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir grapes and then ages them tougher in stainless steel. \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Doc Martens, black vintage jeans, a T-shirt and a flannel. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
|
|
"Halsey\u2019s piece, styled by Lyn Alson, was sourced from none other than Hollywood vintage go-to Tab Vintage. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Eisele broke out a bottle of 2018 vintage Volker Eisele Terzetto. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Emma Zack, owner of plus-size store Berriez, says that her best tip for shopping vintage is to completely ignore the size tag. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Located in the trendy Miramar neighborhood of San Juan, this salon's offerings include glossy manicures, edgy shags, and blowouts that hold up to the tropical climate \u2014 plus a boutique that features local artesan\u00edas mixed with cool vintage finds. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The soil seems to come through in the wine, which in the 2019 vintage balances a bitter, ferrous backbone with unctuous flavors of cocoa and fig. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Jada selected a navy vintage gown from her own closet while Will looked dapper in a matching three-piece suit. \u2014 Robyn Merrett And Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Harry Styles designed a collection with Gucci that just debuted at a vintage store in Milan. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"With great attention to detail, the Summer 2022 collection revels in raw-edged knits, HTG\u00ae embroidery, and graphic tees that all have a refined, vintage feel. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Tyler bartends, Nabi Sue runs a vintage clothing store and Elliott manages a combination bar/barbershop. \u2014 Beau Hayhoe, SPIN , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The gym has transformed into a giant vintage store. \u2014 Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"This wireless speaker has a vintage feel, but modern-day sound quality. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The place does have a vintage feel, from the red leather booths to the music that sounds straight out of a Hollywood film noir. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Artie, the owner of a vintage clothing store, played by John McCrea. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In the photos, Rihanna wore a vintage Chanel coat open to reveal her baby bump draped with jewels. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 13 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
|
|
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, probably alteration of vendage , from Anglo-French vendage, vendenge , from Latin vindemia grape-gathering, vintage, from vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off, from de- + emere to take \u2014 more at wine , redeem":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8vin-tij"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-timey",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
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"quaint",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde"
|
|
],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090653",
|
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|
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"adjective",
|
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|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"vinegar mother":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": mother entry 4 sense 2":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151250"
|
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},
|
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"vinegar pie":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pie consisting of a flour-thickened filling of water, vinegar, and butter sweetened with brown sugar and baked in a pastry shell":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164801"
|
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},
|
|
"vinyl alcohol":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an unstable compound CH 2 =CHOH isolated only in the form of its polymers or derivatives":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Kuraray's Eval plant, located on Bay Area Boulevard, opened in 1986 to produce ethylene vinyl alcohol , a chemical used in food packaging. \u2014 Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle , 25 May 2018",
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"Kuraray's Eval plant, located on Bay Area Boulevard, opened in 1986 to produce ethylene vinyl alcohol , a chemical used in food packaging. \u2014 Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle , 25 May 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220458"
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},
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"vinylate":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to subject to vinylation":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012bn\u1d4al\u02cc\u0101t sometimes \u02c8vin-"
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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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"back-formation from vinylation":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220755"
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},
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"vinegar maker":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": vinegarroon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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":"20220708-222225"
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},
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"Vincent's infection":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a progressive painful disease of the mouth that is marked especially by dirty gray ulceration of the mucous membranes, bleeding of the gums, and a foul odor to the breath and that is associated with the presence of large numbers of a rod-shaped bacterium ( Fusobacterium fusiforme synonym F. nucleatum ) and a spirochete ( Treponema vincentii synonym Borrelia vincentii ) in the lesions":[]
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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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"circa 1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060514"
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},
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"vinylation":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the introduction of the vinyl radical into a compound usually by catalytic addition of the compound to acetylene":[
|
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"vinylation of alcohols yields vinyl ethers"
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]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"vinyl + -ation":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083554"
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},
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"vinegarroon":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large whip scorpion ( Mastigoproctus giganteus ) of the southern U.S. and Mexico that emits a vinegary odor when disturbed and is inaccurately held to be very venomous":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-n\u0113g-",
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"-\u02c8r\u014dn",
|
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"\u02ccvinig\u0259\u02c8r\u00fcn"
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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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"Mexican Spanish vinagr\u00f3n , augmentative of Spanish vinagre vinegar, from Old Spanish, from Old French vinaigre":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093134"
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},
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"vinylacetylene":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a sweet-smelling gaseous or low-boiling liquid unsaturated hydrocarbon CH 2 =CHC\u2261CH formed by dimerization of acetylene as an intermediate in making chloroprene and neoprene; 1-buten-3-yne":[]
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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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"vinyl + acetylene":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093225"
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},
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"Vincent's angina":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": Vincent's infection in which the ulceration has spread to surrounding tissues (as of the pharynx and tonsils)":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8vin(t)-s\u0259n(t)s-",
|
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"(\u02cc)va\u207f-\u02c8s\u00e4\u207fz-",
|
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"\u02ccvin(t)-s\u0259n(t)s-",
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"(\u02cc)va\u207f-\u02ccs\u00e4\u207fz-"
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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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"Jean Hyacinthe Vincent \u20201950 French bacteriologist":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112905"
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},
|
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"vinyl butyral":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": polyvinyl butyral":[]
|
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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":"20220709-122418"
|
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},
|
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"vinyl":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a monovalent radical CH 2 =CH derived from ethylene by removal of one hydrogen atom":[],
|
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": a polymer of a vinyl compound or a product (such as a resin or a textile fiber) made from such a polymer":[
|
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"\u2014 often used before another noun a house with vinyl siding vinyl tiles/flooring"
|
|
],
|
|
": vinyl used as a material for phonograph records":[
|
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"a vinyl record",
|
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"\u2026 1970's revolutionary record \"Wake the Town,\" the first \"rap\" song ever released on vinyl . [=as a phonograph record]",
|
|
"\u2014 Rob Kenner",
|
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"The opening multimedia bonanza also features \u2026 reissues of the band's 13 studio albums on vinyl \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Jerry McCulley"
|
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],
|
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": phonograph records recorded on vinyl":[
|
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"a shop selling vintage vinyl",
|
|
"The owner of the company \u2026 said GZ Media produced 300,000 records in 1994, but, with the global resurgence in the popularity of vinyl , it expects to produce 20 million this year.",
|
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"\u2014 Rick Lyman",
|
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"These are people who \u2026 listen to vinyl at home.",
|
|
"\u2014 John King"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u012bn-\u1d4al",
|
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"\u02c8v\u012b-n\u1d4al"
|
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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",
|
|
"Wow, on two slabs of vinyl \u2013 one for the original album, the other for a crisp new digital remix by Tchad Blake. \u2014 Steve Appleford, SPIN , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"For example, Ami added wipeable pockets made of vinyl -like material to new designs so customers could easily sanitize the bags and find face coverings as well as extra pockets to hold hand sanitizers. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Her first project was a large vinyl mural in Terminal 1 at the baggage claim area at Los Angeles International Airport. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"The original broadcast audio was first released on a 2012 7\u2033 vinyl single. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"In July 2021, We Energies donated a utility truck to the children's museum, which has been refurbished with a fold-out platform and a vinyl wrap. \u2014 Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The exclusive, glow-in-the-dark Larfleeze Funko Soda vinyl figure, standing at 4.1-inches tall, is part of a limited 5,000-item run. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"This air mattress is also covered in a soft, velvety material that looks and feels more high-end than vinyl . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Co-produced by Carla Olson and Saul Davis, it was issued in limited vinyl edition for Record Store Day last fall and now punches its ticket for a wide release. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 14 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin vinum wine":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124223"
|
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},
|
|
"vinegarish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": vinegary sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8vi-ni-g(\u0259-)rish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1648, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160441"
|
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},
|
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"viny":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or resembling vines":[
|
|
"viny plants"
|
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],
|
|
": covered with or abounding in vines":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8v\u012b-n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"By winter, all of these spindly, viny , colorful plants will go brown and dormant. \u2014 Britany Robinson, Outside Online , 29 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The viny scent of wine, cut with the stringent reek of strong alcohol, enveloped us. \u2014 John Seabrook, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181739"
|
|
},
|
|
"Vincennes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"commune in northern France east of Paris population 48,471":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"va\u207f-\u02c8sen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211925"
|
|
},
|
|
"vinyl resin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various thermoplastic resinous materials that are essentially polymers of vinyl compounds":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215126"
|
|
},
|
|
"vinca":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": periwinkle entry 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8vi\u014b-k\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The deer do not eat vinca , but the butterflies use its nectar. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"In the sun zinnias, cosmos, vinca , moss roses and purslane work well. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 23 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"The summer annuals have a varying degree of drought tolerance, with vinca being most tolerant. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Cora vinca is both deer proof and aerial phytophera resistant. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 28 June 2019",
|
|
"In addition to zinnias, use moss roses, purslane, celosia and vinca in the full sun. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 28 June 2019",
|
|
"In the sun use zinnias, cosmos, vinca , moss rose and purslane. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 30 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Leafrollers are tying leaves of redbuds, sweetgums, vinca groundcover, pyracanthas, cotoneasters and other plants together. \u2014 Neil Sperry, star-telegram , 6 July 2018",
|
|
"Unfortunately, some very common ground covers, such as English ivy, vinca , yellow archangel, creeping Jenny and bishop\u2019s weed, are aggressive spreaders and can be hard to control. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 12 June 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, short for Latin vincapervinca periwinkle":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215130"
|
|
},
|
|
"vinyl acetal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": polyvinyl acetal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221704"
|
|
},
|
|
"vinylpyrrolidone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a liquid compound CH 2 =CHC 4 H 6 NO made by condensation of acetylene and pyrrolidone and used in the manufacture of polyvinylpyrrolidone and in various copolymerizations":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"vinyl + pyrrolidone":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223102"
|
|
},
|
|
"vinylpyridine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of three liquid isomeric bases CH 2 =CHC 5 H 4 N synthesized in various ways and used to introduce basic sites in polymer chains by copolymerizing with other vinyl-containing monomers (as acrylonitrile or styrene)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6v\u012bn\u1d4al+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"vinyl + pyridine":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231629"
|
|
},
|
|
"vinyl chloride":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a flammable gaseous carcinogenic compound C 2 H 3 Cl that is used especially to make vinyl resins":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The agency modeled vinyl chloride and ethylene dichloride emissions from the three Westlake facilities and three other nearby plants. \u2014 Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Westlake\u2019s annual vinyl chloride emissions during that time were at least 28 times that of the others. \u2014 Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The system had been adopted after 5,000 pounds of leaking vinyl chloride caused a fire and explosion at the plant in 2002. \u2014 Kathleen Flynn, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"Two years later, vinyl chloride had contaminated the groundwater in the historic free town of Morrisonville, and Dow Chemical Company spent $7 million buying out residents. \u2014 Anya Groner, The Atlantic , 7 May 2021",
|
|
"In 1987, traces of vinyl chloride were discovered in the blood of children from nearby Reveilletown, a historic free town founded in the 1870s. \u2014 Anya Groner, The Atlantic , 7 May 2021",
|
|
"Other violations in this settlement included weekly checks of vinyl chloride monitoring systems that were required to be checked daily, which could have resulted in fines of as much as $50,000 a day for each day of violation. \u2014 Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com , 1 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"In 2004, the MPCA began to look for the source of vinyl chloride contamination that was detected in several Edina wells. \u2014 Erin Adler, Star Tribune , 5 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"When inhaled, vinyl chloride can cause cancer, according to the EPA. \u2014 Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com , 31 Aug. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233229"
|
|
},
|
|
"vine maple":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small maple ( Acer circinatum ) found from British Columbia to California that has spreading twisted branches that may form dense thickets":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The design was meant to evoke imagery of the sword ferns and vine maple trees of the surrounding forest. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"The design was meant to evoke imagery of the sword ferns and vine maple trees of the surrounding forest. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"The design was meant to evoke imagery of the sword ferns and vine maple trees of the surrounding forest. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Native to the Northwest, vine maple really comes into its own in fall when the foliage lights up in lively shades of red and orange. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The design was meant to evoke imagery of the sword ferns and vine maple trees of the surrounding forest. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"The design was meant to evoke imagery of the sword ferns and vine maple trees of the surrounding forest. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"The design was meant to evoke imagery of the sword ferns and vine maple trees of the surrounding forest. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Native to the Northwest, vine maple really comes into its own in fall when the foliage lights up in lively shades of red and orange. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001026"
|
|
},
|
|
"vinegar rot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a soft rot of sweet potatoes caused by any of several fungi of the genus Rhizopus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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