1385 lines
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1385 lines
55 KiB
JSON
{
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"Abert squirrel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large, chiefly tree-dwelling, dark gray squirrel ( Sciurus aberti ) with long tufted ears and white underparts that is found primarily in forests of ponderosa pine in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and northern Mexico":[
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"Mule deer, Abert squirrels and other wildlife often appear along the trails \u2026",
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"\u2014 Nancy Muenker , Denver Post , 2003",
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"\u2026 the only wildlife we spotted, other than birds and lizards, was an Abert's squirrel , which shook its bushy, skunklike tail at us before scampering into the woods.",
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"\u2014 John Stanley , Arizona Republic , 2009"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after James W. Abert \u20201897 American soldier and scientist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259rt-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080712",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Abert's towhee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a rather large distinctly brown towhee ( Pipilo aberti ) of southwestern North America":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after James W. Abert \u20201897 American soldier and scientist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165622",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Aberystwyth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"borough in western Wales on Cardigan Bay population 8666":[]
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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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"\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8ris-\u02cctwith",
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"-\u02c8r\u0259s-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005225",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"abecedarian":{
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"antonyms":[
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"basal",
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"basic",
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"beginning",
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"elemental",
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"elementary",
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"essential",
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"fundamental",
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"introductory",
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"meat-and-potatoes",
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"rudimental",
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"rudimentary",
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"underlying"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": alphabetically arranged":[],
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": of or relating to the alphabet":[],
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": one learning the rudiments of something (such as the alphabet)":[],
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": rudimentary":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side",
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"Adjective",
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"an abecedarian approach to historical study"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1603, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1732, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"abecedary \"alphabet book, primer\" (going back to Middle English abscedary , borrowed from Medieval Latin abeced\u0101rium \"alphabet, primer,\" derived from neuter of Late Latin abeced\u0101rius \"alphabetical,\" from the names of the letters a + b + c + d + Latin -\u0101rius -ary entry 2 ) + -an entry 1":"Noun",
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"abecedary \"alphabet book, primer\" + -an entry 2 \u2014 more at abecedarian entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0101-b\u0113-(\u02cc)s\u0113-\u02c8der-\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"apprentice",
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"babe",
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"beginner",
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"colt",
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"cub",
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"fledgling",
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"freshman",
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"greenhorn",
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"neophyte",
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"newbie",
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"newcomer",
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"novice",
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"novitiate",
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"punk",
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"recruit",
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"rook",
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"rookie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"tyro",
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"virgin"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170034",
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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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"aberrant":{
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"antonyms":[
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"common",
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"customary",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unextraordinary",
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"usual"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a group, individual, or structure that is not normal or typical : an aberrant group, individual, or structure":[],
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": a person whose behavior departs substantially from the standard":[],
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": deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical , abnormal":[
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"aberrant behavior",
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"I don't intend to suggest that his psychology was in some way aberrant or neurotic \u2026",
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"\u2014 Michael Chabon"
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],
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": straying from the right or normal way":[
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"aberrant misfits"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"The stones, silvered in the moon's aberrant light, shone like spectral tombs, and the figures, which Dalgliesh knew were Helena, Lettie and the Bostocks, became discarnate shapes disappearing into the darkness. \u2014 P. D. James , The Private Patient , 2008",
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"\u2026 as if he had happily spied an aberrant crocus amid the wintry gray scene of Presidential impeachment. \u2014 Francis X. Clines , New York Times , 8 Jan. 1999",
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"\u2026 at the brief and aberrant moment in time when it was possible to believe that America owed its great place in the world to its military and moral virtue rather than to the weight of its currency. \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , March 1992",
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"a year of aberrant weather\u2014record rainfall in the summer, record heat in the autumn",
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"aberrant behavior can be a sign of rabies in a wild animal",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"But the plaintiffs had an ace up their sleeve: an aberrant Ninth Circuit standard for when the ADA preempts general state laws. \u2014 Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"However, unlike most others who create antibodies that bind to aberrant protein, Mead and colleagues designed an antibody that stabilizes the normal protein precursor. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Butler speculated that this could point to an aberrant immune response injuring the liver rather than the virus itself. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022",
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"Parents should have a say in what their children watch, but to deny them movies like this one is to give them the false impression that lust is aberrant , even nonexistent. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"The entire constitutional premise that Congress can check and balance an aberrant President will be tarnished. \u2014 David Shortell And Stephen Collinson, CNN , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"She\u2019s a woman who does something very aberrant , very transgressive. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"New work from the CUNY team shows an early glimpse of that possibility, while also revealing the difficulties involved in identifying what an aberrant signal means. \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"And both suggest that the impulse to cheat, cut corners and get over on chumps, if not inflict harm upon them outright, is far from some aberrant pathology in the American identity but rather a constitutive force. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1536, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin aberrant-, aberrans , present participle of aberr\u0101re \"to wander away, stray, go wrong,\" from ab- ab- + err\u0101re \"to wander, drift, be in error\" \u2014 more at err":"Adjective",
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"noun derivative of aberrant entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccber-\u0259nt",
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"-\u02cce(\u0259)r-\u0259nt",
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"\u0259-",
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"-\u02ccbe-r\u0259nt",
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259-r\u0259nt",
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"-\u02c8be-r\u0259nt",
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"\u0259-; \u02c8ab-\u0259-r\u0259nt",
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"a-\u02c8ber-\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aberrated",
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"abnormal",
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"anomalous",
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"atypical",
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"especial",
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"exceeding",
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"exceptional",
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"extraordinaire",
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"extraordinary",
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"freak",
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"odd",
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"peculiar",
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"phenomenal",
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"preternatural",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040830",
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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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"aberrated":{
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"antonyms":[
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"common",
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"customary",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unextraordinary",
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"usual"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": aberrant":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"you may have taken an aberrated path to the correct answer, but you got there"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1786, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"past participle of aberrate \"to cause an aberration in,\" borrowed from Latin aberr\u0101tus , past participle of aberr\u0101re \"to wander away, stray\" \u2014 more at aberrant entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-t\u0259d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"aberrant",
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"abnormal",
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"anomalous",
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"atypical",
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"especial",
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"exceeding",
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"exceptional",
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"extraordinaire",
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"extraordinary",
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"freak",
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"odd",
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"peculiar",
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"phenomenal",
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"preternatural",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231810",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"aberration":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mind",
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"saneness",
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"sanity"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small periodic change of apparent position in celestial bodies due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer":[],
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": an aberrant individual":[],
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": failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image":[
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"chromatic aberration",
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"\u2026 the telescope suffers from a serious focusing problem, a condition known as spherical aberration , which causes the point-like images of stars to be surrounded by fuzzy haze.",
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"\u2014 M. Mitchell Waldrop"
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],
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": something or someone regarded as atypical and therefore able to be ignored or discounted":[
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"Harkins was to be regarded as an aberration among American military leaders \u2026",
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"\u2014 Neil Sheehan",
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"The U.S. establishment treated this grassroots movement almost as an aberration , virtually ignoring it.",
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"\u2014 Helen Caldicott",
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"As for Putin's desire to lay waste to Chechnya, Western leaders largely dismiss it as an aberration \u2026",
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"\u2014 The New Republic"
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],
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": the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state":[
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"aberrations of character"
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],
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": unsoundness or disorder of the mind":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recently geneticists have taken a closer look at a genetic aberration previously considered rare \u2026 . The genes may be perfectly normal, yet there is a shortage or surplus of DNA sequences that may play a role in diseases that defy straightforward genetic patterns \u2026 \u2014 Melinda Wenner , Scientific American , June 2009",
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"He did hit five homers for Texas in 1987, but that was an aberration . In no other major league season has he hit more than three, and last season he actually came up with a goose egg. \u2014 E. M. Swift , Sports Illustrated , 5 Apr. 1989",
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"Gilliard's studies of numerous bird of paradise species brought them from the realm of exotic aberrations to the forefront of sociobiology. \u2014 Jared M. Diamond , Nature , 24-30 Sept. 1981",
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"For her, such a low grade on an exam was an aberration .",
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"a study of sexual aberration",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Looking back at the history of King adaptations, Firestarter stands out as an aberration . \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
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"Such comments created a timeline that bridged the Nazi era, cordoning it off as an aberration . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"One hundred years ago, the lynching of Black men and women in Texas was not an aberration . \u2014 Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Chron , 30 May 2022",
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"According to popular Gen Z social influencer and co-founder of Mozverse, Zach Hirsch, his generation\u2019s push into the digital world will not be an aberration . \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"An aberration or a harbinger or where Trumpism was heading",
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"His shooting slump was positively an aberration ; there will be several huge threes coming from the hands of Mountain Mike. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Freak weather, no longer the aberration , routinely disrupts travel. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Sep. 2021",
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"Nothing in the study links the aberration to mask usage and, in fact, the study never even mentions masks. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin aberr\u0101ti\u014dn-, aberr\u0101ti\u014d \"diversion, relief,\" from aberr\u0101re \"to wander away\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , suffix of action nouns \u2014 more at aberrant entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02ccab-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"dementia",
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"derangement",
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"insanity",
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"lunacy",
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"madness",
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"mania",
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"rage"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101723",
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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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"aberrational":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mind",
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"saneness",
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"sanity"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a small periodic change of apparent position in celestial bodies due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer":[],
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": an aberrant individual":[],
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": failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image":[
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"chromatic aberration",
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"\u2026 the telescope suffers from a serious focusing problem, a condition known as spherical aberration , which causes the point-like images of stars to be surrounded by fuzzy haze.",
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"\u2014 M. Mitchell Waldrop"
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],
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": something or someone regarded as atypical and therefore able to be ignored or discounted":[
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"Harkins was to be regarded as an aberration among American military leaders \u2026",
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"\u2014 Neil Sheehan",
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"The U.S. establishment treated this grassroots movement almost as an aberration , virtually ignoring it.",
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"\u2014 Helen Caldicott",
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"As for Putin's desire to lay waste to Chechnya, Western leaders largely dismiss it as an aberration \u2026",
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"\u2014 The New Republic"
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],
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": the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state":[
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"aberrations of character"
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],
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": unsoundness or disorder of the mind":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recently geneticists have taken a closer look at a genetic aberration previously considered rare \u2026 . The genes may be perfectly normal, yet there is a shortage or surplus of DNA sequences that may play a role in diseases that defy straightforward genetic patterns \u2026 \u2014 Melinda Wenner , Scientific American , June 2009",
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"He did hit five homers for Texas in 1987, but that was an aberration . In no other major league season has he hit more than three, and last season he actually came up with a goose egg. \u2014 E. M. Swift , Sports Illustrated , 5 Apr. 1989",
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"Gilliard's studies of numerous bird of paradise species brought them from the realm of exotic aberrations to the forefront of sociobiology. \u2014 Jared M. Diamond , Nature , 24-30 Sept. 1981",
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"For her, such a low grade on an exam was an aberration .",
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"a study of sexual aberration",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Looking back at the history of King adaptations, Firestarter stands out as an aberration . \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
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"Such comments created a timeline that bridged the Nazi era, cordoning it off as an aberration . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"One hundred years ago, the lynching of Black men and women in Texas was not an aberration . \u2014 Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Chron , 30 May 2022",
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"According to popular Gen Z social influencer and co-founder of Mozverse, Zach Hirsch, his generation\u2019s push into the digital world will not be an aberration . \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"An aberration or a harbinger or where Trumpism was heading",
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"His shooting slump was positively an aberration ; there will be several huge threes coming from the hands of Mountain Mike. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Freak weather, no longer the aberration , routinely disrupts travel. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Sep. 2021",
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"Nothing in the study links the aberration to mask usage and, in fact, the study never even mentions masks. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Latin aberr\u0101ti\u014dn-, aberr\u0101ti\u014d \"diversion, relief,\" from aberr\u0101re \"to wander away\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , suffix of action nouns \u2014 more at aberrant entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccab-\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"dementia",
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"derangement",
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"insanity",
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"lunacy",
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"madness",
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"mania",
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"rage"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225121",
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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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"aberrative":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": having or showing a tendency to aberration":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"aberr(ation) + -ative":""
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"abessive":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": denoting absence or lack":[]
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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 above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin abesse \"to be absent\" + -ive":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)a\u00a6besiv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135813",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"abet":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan)":[
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"abet the commission of a crime"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She abetted the thief in his getaway.",
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"Did he abet the commission of a crime",
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"Their actions were shown to abet terrorism.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Kerr, whose father, Malcolm, was assassinated when Steve Kerr was in college, is an outspoken critic of gun violence and of the politicians who abet it. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 May 2022",
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"Trump has long complained about Kemp, who did nothing to abet Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"Beyond clinicians and regulators, Purdue Pharma found many to abet its criminal scheme, including pharmacies and drug distributors who flooded small towns with mountains of opioids. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
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"Attorney Elizabeth Myers, who represents those plaintiffs, said the orders granted by Meachum wouldn\u2019t stop Texas Right to Life or other injunctive defendants from suing other parties that abet in abortions when the law goes into effect. \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Trump wanted to leverage federal law enforcement to abet his reelection bid. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 3 July 2021",
|
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"Polls reveal shockingly high levels of isolation and loneliness among the U.S. population, conditions that are known to make people more susceptible the destructive, paranoid conspiracy theories that abet the right wing. \u2014 Astra Taylor, The New Republic , 6 May 2021",
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"Coopting the appeal of sweatsuit comfort, this set adds enough polish to aid and abet your return to in-person plans. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2021",
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"The wonder is why a serious Democratic administration would aid and abet their cause. \u2014 Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English abetten , borrowed from Anglo-French abeter , from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + beter \"to harass (a bear with dogs), bait,\" borrowed from Old Low Franconian *b\u0113tan ; akin to Old English b\u01e3tan \"to set upon (with animals), bait\" \u2014 more at bait entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8bet"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abet incite , instigate , abet , foment mean to spur to action. incite stresses a stirring up and urging on, and may or may not imply initiating. inciting a riot instigate definitely implies responsibility for initiating another's action and often connotes underhandedness or evil intention. instigated a conspiracy abet implies both assisting and encouraging. aiding and abetting the enemy foment implies persistence in goading. fomenting rebellion",
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"synonyms":[
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"brew",
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"ferment",
|
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"foment",
|
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"incite",
|
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"instigate",
|
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"pick",
|
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"provoke",
|
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"raise",
|
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"stir (up)",
|
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"whip (up)"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011254",
|
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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"transitive verb",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"abetment":{
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan)":[
|
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"abet the commission of a crime"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"She abetted the thief in his getaway.",
|
|
"Did he abet the commission of a crime",
|
|
"Their actions were shown to abet terrorism.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Kerr, whose father, Malcolm, was assassinated when Steve Kerr was in college, is an outspoken critic of gun violence and of the politicians who abet it. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Trump has long complained about Kemp, who did nothing to abet Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Beyond clinicians and regulators, Purdue Pharma found many to abet its criminal scheme, including pharmacies and drug distributors who flooded small towns with mountains of opioids. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Attorney Elizabeth Myers, who represents those plaintiffs, said the orders granted by Meachum wouldn\u2019t stop Texas Right to Life or other injunctive defendants from suing other parties that abet in abortions when the law goes into effect. \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Trump wanted to leverage federal law enforcement to abet his reelection bid. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 3 July 2021",
|
|
"Polls reveal shockingly high levels of isolation and loneliness among the U.S. population, conditions that are known to make people more susceptible the destructive, paranoid conspiracy theories that abet the right wing. \u2014 Astra Taylor, The New Republic , 6 May 2021",
|
|
"Coopting the appeal of sweatsuit comfort, this set adds enough polish to aid and abet your return to in-person plans. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The wonder is why a serious Democratic administration would aid and abet their cause. \u2014 Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English abetten , borrowed from Anglo-French abeter , from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + beter \"to harass (a bear with dogs), bait,\" borrowed from Old Low Franconian *b\u0113tan ; akin to Old English b\u01e3tan \"to set upon (with animals), bait\" \u2014 more at bait entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8bet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abet incite , instigate , abet , foment mean to spur to action. incite stresses a stirring up and urging on, and may or may not imply initiating. inciting a riot instigate definitely implies responsibility for initiating another's action and often connotes underhandedness or evil intention. instigated a conspiracy abet implies both assisting and encouraging. aiding and abetting the enemy foment implies persistence in goading. fomenting rebellion",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081921",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abetter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan)":[
|
|
"abet the commission of a crime"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She abetted the thief in his getaway.",
|
|
"Did he abet the commission of a crime",
|
|
"Their actions were shown to abet terrorism.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Kerr, whose father, Malcolm, was assassinated when Steve Kerr was in college, is an outspoken critic of gun violence and of the politicians who abet it. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Trump has long complained about Kemp, who did nothing to abet Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Beyond clinicians and regulators, Purdue Pharma found many to abet its criminal scheme, including pharmacies and drug distributors who flooded small towns with mountains of opioids. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Attorney Elizabeth Myers, who represents those plaintiffs, said the orders granted by Meachum wouldn\u2019t stop Texas Right to Life or other injunctive defendants from suing other parties that abet in abortions when the law goes into effect. \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Trump wanted to leverage federal law enforcement to abet his reelection bid. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 3 July 2021",
|
|
"Polls reveal shockingly high levels of isolation and loneliness among the U.S. population, conditions that are known to make people more susceptible the destructive, paranoid conspiracy theories that abet the right wing. \u2014 Astra Taylor, The New Republic , 6 May 2021",
|
|
"Coopting the appeal of sweatsuit comfort, this set adds enough polish to aid and abet your return to in-person plans. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The wonder is why a serious Democratic administration would aid and abet their cause. \u2014 Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English abetten , borrowed from Anglo-French abeter , from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + beter \"to harass (a bear with dogs), bait,\" borrowed from Old Low Franconian *b\u0113tan ; akin to Old English b\u01e3tan \"to set upon (with animals), bait\" \u2014 more at bait entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8bet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abet incite , instigate , abet , foment mean to spur to action. incite stresses a stirring up and urging on, and may or may not imply initiating. inciting a riot instigate definitely implies responsibility for initiating another's action and often connotes underhandedness or evil intention. instigated a conspiracy abet implies both assisting and encouraging. aiding and abetting the enemy foment implies persistence in goading. fomenting rebellion",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030637",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abettor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan)":[
|
|
"abet the commission of a crime"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She abetted the thief in his getaway.",
|
|
"Did he abet the commission of a crime",
|
|
"Their actions were shown to abet terrorism.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Kerr, whose father, Malcolm, was assassinated when Steve Kerr was in college, is an outspoken critic of gun violence and of the politicians who abet it. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Trump has long complained about Kemp, who did nothing to abet Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Beyond clinicians and regulators, Purdue Pharma found many to abet its criminal scheme, including pharmacies and drug distributors who flooded small towns with mountains of opioids. \u2014 Haider J. Warraich, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"Attorney Elizabeth Myers, who represents those plaintiffs, said the orders granted by Meachum wouldn\u2019t stop Texas Right to Life or other injunctive defendants from suing other parties that abet in abortions when the law goes into effect. \u2014 Dallas News , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Trump wanted to leverage federal law enforcement to abet his reelection bid. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 3 July 2021",
|
|
"Polls reveal shockingly high levels of isolation and loneliness among the U.S. population, conditions that are known to make people more susceptible the destructive, paranoid conspiracy theories that abet the right wing. \u2014 Astra Taylor, The New Republic , 6 May 2021",
|
|
"Coopting the appeal of sweatsuit comfort, this set adds enough polish to aid and abet your return to in-person plans. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The wonder is why a serious Democratic administration would aid and abet their cause. \u2014 Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English abetten , borrowed from Anglo-French abeter , from a- , prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad- ad- ) + beter \"to harass (a bear with dogs), bait,\" borrowed from Old Low Franconian *b\u0113tan ; akin to Old English b\u01e3tan \"to set upon (with animals), bait\" \u2014 more at bait entry 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8bet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for abet incite , instigate , abet , foment mean to spur to action. incite stresses a stirring up and urging on, and may or may not imply initiating. inciting a riot instigate definitely implies responsibility for initiating another's action and often connotes underhandedness or evil intention. instigated a conspiracy abet implies both assisting and encouraging. aiding and abetting the enemy foment implies persistence in goading. fomenting rebellion",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223020",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abeyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested":[
|
|
"an estate in abeyance"
|
|
],
|
|
": a state of temporary inactivity : suspension":[
|
|
"\u2014 used chiefly in the phrase in abeyance \u2026 new contracts on all but one existing mine \u2026 are in abeyance pending the outcome of a government inquiry to be carried out into Australia's role in the nuclear fuel cycle. \u2014 Vimala Sarma a plan that is currently being held in abeyance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our weekend plans were held in abeyance until we could get a weather forecast",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Plans to build a next-generation frigate at a second yard, which Ingalls had a good chance of winning, now are in abeyance , as are plans to build a next-generation destroyer. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"In effect, all pending cases in various courts have been held in abeyance . \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"This is science fiction that keeps its science largely in abeyance , as dark matter for a story about loneliness, grief and finding purpose. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Three weeks later, Dayspring and his business associates addressed the Board of Supervisors during the public comment period, urging the county to again extend the abeyance . \u2014 Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
|
|
"Here\u2019s a look at some of the tougher possible penalties that U.S. leaders are holding in abeyance \u2014 while watching for new Russian steps against Ukraine. \u2014 Ellen Knickmeyer And Fatima Hussein, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Hope and anticipation have not gone dormant, have not settled in abeyance , just in impatience. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The consensus of analysts is that the crisis may be in abeyance for the moment, but is far from over. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The judge held the case in abeyance until the parties could work out a solution. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Anglo-French abeyaunce \"absence of a claimant or owner, lapse in succession,\" from abaer, abair \"to open wide\" (from a- , prefix in transitive verbs\u2014from Latin ad- ad- \u2014 + baer, baier \"to have the mouth wide open, gape, pant,\" from Vulgar Latin *bat\u0101re , perhaps of imitative origin) + -ance -ance":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101-\u0259n(t)s",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0101-\u0259ns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold storage",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
"suspended animation",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054155",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"abeunt studia in mores":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"Latin quotation from Ovid"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": studies pass on into character":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u00e4-be-\u02ccu\u0307nt-\u02c8st\u00fc-d\u0113-\u02cc\u00e4-\u02ccin-\u02c8m\u014d-\u02ccr\u0101s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-063108"
|
|
},
|
|
"abelmosk":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bushy herb ( Abelmoschus moschatus synonym Hibiscus moschatus ) of tropical Asia often cultivated for its showy, usually creamy yellow flowers with deep purple centers and musky-scented seeds \u2014 see ambrette sense 2b":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101b\u0259l\u02ccm\u00e4sk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin abelmosch , borrowed from Arabic \u1e25abb al misk , literally, \"seeds of the musk\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1719, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110128"
|
|
},
|
|
"Abel test":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a test for determining the flash point of a volatile oil by use of a closed cup in which the oil is heated over a fixed flame and by use of a small movable flame that passes at regular intervals of temperature over the surface of the oil":[],
|
|
": a test for the stability of smokeless powder and similar explosives in which a ground sample is heated in a test tube with potassium iodide-starch paper, the time required for discoloring the paper being the measure of the stability":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101b\u0259l-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after Frederick Abel":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145128"
|
|
},
|
|
"abeltree":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": white poplar sense 1a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101b\u0259l\u2027\u02cctr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"partial translation, partial modification of Dutch abeelboom , from abeel \"white poplar\" + boom \"tree\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1724, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-195856"
|
|
},
|
|
"Abelmoschus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of tropical coarse herbs (family Malvaceae) having large lobed leaves, a spathelike calyx, and often yellow flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u0101b\u0259l\u02c8m\u00e4sk\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin abelmosch , abelmoschus abelmosk":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1801, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223955"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aberdeen Angus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": angus":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259r-\u02ccd\u0113n-\u02c8a\u014b-g\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"Aberdeen & Angus , counties in Scotland":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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},
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"Aberdeen":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"administrative area bordering the North Sea in northeastern Scotland area 2439 square miles (6318 square kilometers)":[],
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"city and port on the North Sea in northeastern Scotland constituting an administrative area called":[
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"Aberdeen City"
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],
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"and surrounded on three sides by Aberdeenshire area 72 square miles (186 square kilometers), population 223,000":[
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"Aberdeen City"
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],
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"city in northeastern South Dakota population 26,091":[]
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092800"
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},
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"Abenaki":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a group of Algonquian-speaking (see Algonquian sense 2a ) Indigenous peoples of northern New England and adjoining parts of Quebec":[],
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": either of the two Algonquian languages spoken by the Abenaki peoples":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-b\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-k\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Eastern Abenaki w\u03b1p\u00e1nahki , Western Abenaki w\u01ebbanakii , literally, dawn land people, easterners":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103933"
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},
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"Aberdare":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"town in southern Wales, north-northwest of Cardiff population 36,621":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-b\u0259r-\u02c8der"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135248"
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},
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"abelite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an explosive consisting essentially of ammonium nitrate and a nitro derivative of some aromatic hydrocarbon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u0101b\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
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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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"Frederick Abel \u20201902 English chemist + -ite entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-141731"
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},
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"aberdevine":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": siskin sense 1":[]
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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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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1728, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-153910"
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},
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"Abercrombie":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"James 1706\u20131781 British general in America":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259r-\u02cckr\u00e4m-b\u0113",
|
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"-\u02cckr\u0259m-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163516"
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},
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"abend":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": the unexpected failure of a piece of computer software":[
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"As the average network administrator sleeps, nightmares of hardware failures and server abends compete for time against sweet dreams of what some technicians call nirvana, and others call a pipe dream\u2014finding a network operating system that they can call secure.",
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"\u2014 Kevin Novak , Network Computing , 16 Oct. 2000"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8ab-\u02ccend",
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8bend"
|
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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":{
|
|
"ab normal end":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204622"
|
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},
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"Abernathy":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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"Ralph David 1926\u20131990 American clergyman and civil rights leader":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8a-b\u0259r-\u02ccna-th\u0113"
|
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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":"20220711-222516"
|
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},
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"Abernethy biscuit":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a hard biscuit containing caraway seeds":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-ne-",
|
|
"\u02c8ab\u0259(r)\u02ccn\u0113th\u0113-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"perhaps after John Abernethy \u20201831 English surgeon who treated maladies by diet":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231110"
|
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},
|
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"aberrancy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"a-\u02c8ber-\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
|
|
"-\u02c8be-r\u0259n(t)-",
|
|
"-\u02ccber-\u0259n(t)-",
|
|
"-\u02ccbe-r\u0259n(t)-",
|
|
"\u0259-",
|
|
"\u02c8a-b\u0259-r\u0259n(t)-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235420"
|
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},
|
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"abelian":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": commutative sense 2":[
|
|
"abelian group",
|
|
"abelian ring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113-l\u0113-\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Microsoft is trying to chase a new quantum computer based on a new topography and a yet-undiscovered particle called non- abelian anyons. \u2014 Agam Shah, PCWorld , 4 May 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Niels Abel \u20201829 Norwegian mathematician":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235718"
|
|
},
|
|
"abendmusik":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an evening performance of music usually of a religious or semisacred character : the music for such a performance":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u00e4b\u0259nt(\u02cc)m\u00fc\u02ccz\u0113k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from German, literally, \"evening music,\" from Abend \"evening\" (going back to Old High German \u0101bend ) + Musik \"music\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-005707"
|
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},
|
|
"Abeokuta":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"city in southwestern Nigeria population 593,000":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00e4-\u02c8b\u0101-\u014d-\u02cck\u00fc-t\u00e4"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220712-042508"
|
|
},
|
|
"abelia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Abelia ) of Asian or Mexican shrubs of the honeysuckle family having opposite leaves and white, red, or pink flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113l-y\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"My abelia , Soft Caress mahonia and pineapple guava all have burned leaves. \u2014 Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online , 22 Feb. 2021",
|
|
"Fragrant abelia grows well in full sun or light shade in just about any reasonable soil. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 13 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"This 6 to 8-foot tall, upright shrub is closely related to the more common and much smaller glossy abelia (A. xgrandiflora) that is so common in Kentucky gardens. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 13 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Prices for glossy abelia in a five-gallon container ranged from $14.95 to $49.50. \u2014 SFChronicle.com , 28 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Some of them include: glossy abelia , beauty berries, hydrangeas, Bradford and Callery pears, crabapples, poplar, spruce, junipers, sumacs, cherries, and plums. \u2014 Leah Zerbe, Good Housekeeping , 8 Aug. 2018",
|
|
"Charlotte\u2019 veronica, Miss Lemon abelia , \u2018Sunset\u2019 runner bean, and \u2018Vision in White\u2019 astilbe. \u2014 Mike Irvine, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"Some of them include: glossy abelia , beauty berries, hydrangeas, Bradford and Callory pears, crabapples, poplar, spruce, junipers, sumacs, cherries, and plums. \u2014 Leah Zerbe, Good Housekeeping , 15 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"Elaeagus, Sea Green junipers and standard glossy abelias are possibilities, although all would take a while to grow tall enough for much privacy. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Mar. 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin (coined in 1818), from Clarke Abel \u20201826 English botanist":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1899, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044435"
|
|
},
|
|
"Abenlen":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an indigenous people in the Zambales mountains of western Luzon, Philippines":[],
|
|
": a member of the Abenlen people":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8ben\u02cclen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps borrowed from a self-designation":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063815"
|
|
},
|
|
"abele":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": white poplar sense 1a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101b\u0259l",
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8b\u0113l",
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8b\u0101l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from Dutch abeel , going back to Middle Dutch abeel , aubeel , borrowed from Old French (Walloon) abeal , going back to Vulgar Latin *albellus , alteration (by suffix substitution) of Latin albulus \"whitish, pale,\" derivative of albus \"white\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093223"
|
|
},
|
|
"Abelard":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Peter or French Pierre Ab\u00e9lard or":[
|
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"Abailard \\ \u02cca-\u200bb\u0101-\u200b\u02c8l\u00e4r \\"
|
|
],
|
|
"1079\u2013?1144 husband of H\u00e9lo\u00efse French philosopher and theologian":[
|
|
"Abailard \\ \u02cca-\u200bb\u0101-\u200b\u02c8l\u00e4r \\"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4rd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"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":"20220712-142256"
|
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},
|
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"Abelam":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Papuan people in the Sepik district, Territory of New Guinea":[],
|
|
": a member of the Abelam people":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8bel\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably borrowed from Bukiyip (Arapesh language of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153646"
|
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},
|
|
"Abel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a son of Adam and Eve killed by his brother Cain":[],
|
|
"Sir Frederick Augustus 1827\u20131902 English chemist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew Hebhel":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161527"
|
|
},
|
|
"abeigh":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cautiously aloof":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8b\u0113\u1e35"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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"Scots (16th century) on beich , from on + beich , beigh , of unknown meaning and origin":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1707, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-162648"
|
|
},
|
|
"abed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb or adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": in bed":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175402"
|
|
},
|
|
"abecedary":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": abecedarium":[],
|
|
": abecedarian":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cc\u0101(\u02cc)b\u0113\u02c8s\u0113d\u0259r\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English abscedary , borrowed from Medieval Latin abeced\u0101rium \"alphabet, primer,\" derived from neuter of Late Latin abeced\u0101rius \"alphabetical,\" from the names of the letters a + b + c + d + Latin -\u0101rius -ary entry 2":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1580, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194100"
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},
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"abecedarius":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (such as the 119th Psalm in Hebrew or Chaucer's A B C )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-r\u0113\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Late Latin abeced\u0101rius \"alphabetical\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215856"
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},
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"abecedarium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": alphabet book , primer":[]
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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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"borrowed from Medieval Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1693, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235233"
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}
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} |