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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*legʰ-}}
From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{m|enm|alayen}}, {{m|enm|aleyen}}, {{m|enm|aleggen}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{m|ang|ālecgan||to put, place, lay down, lay aside, throw down, give up, cease from, abandon; put down, allay, suppress, abolish, conquer, destroy, overcome, refute; lay upon, inflict, impose upon; diminish, take away, refuse, lessen, withhold}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{m|gem-pro|*uzlagjaną||to lay down}}, equivalent to {{prefix|a|lay|lang=en}}. Cognate with German {{m|de|erlegen||to impose, cause to succumb, kill}}, {{etyl|got|-}} {{m|got|𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽||to lay down}}. In Middle English the word was identical to forms of {{m|en|allege}} and {{m|en|alloy}}, leading to much overlapping of senses.
From {{inh|en|enm|alayen}}, {{m|enm|aleyen}}, {{m|enm|aleggen}}, from {{inh|en|ang|āleċġan||to put, place, lay down, lay aside, throw down, give up, cease from, abandon; put down, allay, suppress, abolish, conquer, destroy, overcome, refute; lay upon, inflict, impose upon; diminish, take away, refuse, lessen, withhold}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uzlagjaną||to lay down}}, equivalent to {{prefix|en|a|lay}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|erlegen||to impose, cause to succumb, kill}}, {{cog|got|𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽||to lay down}}. In Middle English the word was identical to forms of {{m|en|allege}} and {{m|en|alloy}}, leading to much overlapping of senses.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/əˈleɪ/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˈleɪ/}}
* {{rhymes|eɪ|lang=en}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪ|s=2}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-allay.wav|a=UK}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{en-verb}}
{{en-verb}}


# {{label|en|transitive}} To make [[quiet]] or put at [[rest]]; to [[pacify]] or [[appease]]; to [[quell]]; to [[calm]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[quiet]] or put at [[rest]]; to [[pacify]] or [[appease]]; to [[quell]]; to [[calm]].
#: {{syn|en|appease|assuage|compose|soothe|calm|quiet}}
#: ''to '''allay''' popular excitement''
#: ''to '''allay''' the tumult of the passions''
#: {{co|en|to '''allay''' popular excitement}}
#: {{co|en|to '''allay''' the tumult of the passions}}
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# {{label|en|transitive}} To [[alleviate]]; to [[abate]]; to [[mitigate]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice|act=3|scene=2|passage=O love, be moderate, '''allay''' thy ecstacy, {{...}}}}
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#: ''to '''allay''' the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity''
#* {{RQ:Morris Signs of Change|page=104|passage=They were ''forced'' to try to '''allay''' discontent by palliative measures.}}
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# {{label|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[subside]], [[abate]], become peaceful.
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#* {{RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet|passage=He had to pretend to be drunk in order to '''allay''' the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.}}
#* '''1526''', William Tyndale, trans. ''Bible'', Mark IV:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1983|author=[[w:James Shen|James C. H. Shen]]|chapter=Dropping the First Shoe|editor=Robert Myers|title=The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QGaGAAAAIAAJ|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|publisher=Acropolis Books Ltd.|ISBN=0-87491-463-9|page=84|text=Kissinger was obviously doing his best to '''allay''' our government's growing apprehension in connection with Nixon's forthcoming trip to Peking.}}
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#*: And the wynde '''alayed''', and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Mark Sweney|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/12/mobile-world-congress-axed-coronavirus-fears|date=2020-02-12|work=The Guardian|title=Mobile World Congress axed after firms quit over coronavirus fears|passage=The trade show’s organisers had attempted to '''allay''' concerns by announcing more stringent health and safety measures including a ban on handshakes, and taking attendees’ temperatures.}}
#* Shakespeare
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[alleviate]]; to [[abate]]; to [[mitigate]].
#*: When the rage '''allays'''.
#: {{syn|en|alleviate|abate}}
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# {{label|en|archaic}} To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to [[alloy]]; to [[deteriorate]].
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#: {{co|en|to '''allay''' the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity}}
#: {{rfquotek|Fuller}}
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# {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[subside]], [[abate]], become peaceful.
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#* {{RQ:Tyndale NT|Mark|4|passage=And the wynde '''alayed''', and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-3|act=I|scene=iv|passage=For raging wind blows up incessant showers,<br>And when the rage '''allays''' the rain begins.}}
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# {{lb|en|archaic}} To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to [[alloy]]; to [[deteriorate]].
# {{lb|en|archaic|by extension}} To make worse by the introduction of [[inferior]] elements.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1639|author=w:Thomas Fuller|title=The Historie of the Holy Warr|text=Yet far be it from us to condemn all their works to be [[dross]], because debased and '''allayed''' with superstitious intents {{...}}}}


====Quotations====
====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|unallayed|allayable|allayer|allayment}}
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He had to pretend to be drunk in order to '''allay''' the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.
<BR>&mdash;Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in ''A Study in Scarlet''

====Synonyms====
* alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|To make quiet or put at rest}}
{{trans-top|to make quiet or put at rest}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|успокоявам}}, {{t+|bg|уталожвам}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|успокоявам}}, {{t+|bg|уталожвам}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|utišit}}, {{t|cs|uklidnit}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|utišit}}, {{t+|cs|uklidnit}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bedaren}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bedaren}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|vaientaa}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vaientaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|apaiser}}, {{t+|fr|pacifier}}
* French: {{t+|fr|apaiser}}, {{t+|fr|pacifier}}
* German: {{t+|de|beruhigen}}, {{t+|de|dämpfen}}
* German: {{t+|de|beruhigen}}, {{t+|de|dämpfen}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κατευνάζω}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κατευνάζω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|eloszlat}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakamahea}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aquietar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aquietar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|astâmpăra}}, {{t+|ro|alina}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|astâmpăra}}, {{t+|ro|alina}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|To alleviate}}
{{trans-top|to alleviate}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|облекчавам}}, {{t+|bg|смекчавам}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|облекчавам}}, {{t+|bg|смекчавам}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lieventää}}, {{t+|fi|lievittää}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lieventää}}, {{t+|fi|lievittää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|soulager}}
* French: {{t+|fr|soulager}}
* German: {{t+|de|erleichtern}}
* German: {{t+|de|erleichtern}}, {{t+|de|lindern}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ανακουφίζω}}, {{t+|el|κατευνάζω}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ανακουφίζω}}, {{t+|el|κατευνάζω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enyhít}}, {{t+|hu|csillapít}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakamauru}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aliviar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aliviar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|alina}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|alina}}
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===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|?}}
{{en-noun}}


# [[alleviation]]; [[abatement]]; [[check]]
# [[alleviation|Alleviation]]; [[abatement]]; [[check]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[alloy]].


===References===
===References===
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{l|en|Layla}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=aally|yalla|Layla}}

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==Quechua==
==Quechua==
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{{head|qu|verb}}
{{head|qu|verb}}


# {{label|qu|transitive}} to [[dig]], [[dig up]], [[dig out]], [[excavate]]; to [[harvest]] [[tuber]]s
# {{lb|qu|transitive}} to [[dig]], [[dig up]], [[dig out]], [[excavate]]; to [[harvest]] [[tuber]]s


====Conjugation====
====Conjugation====
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* [[aymuray]]
* [[aymuray]]
* [[pallay]]
* [[pallay]]

[[et:allay]]
[[el:allay]]
[[fr:allay]]
[[ko:allay]]
[[hy:allay]]
[[io:allay]]
[[kn:allay]]
[[ku:allay]]
[[hu:allay]]
[[mg:allay]]
[[ml:allay]]
[[my:allay]]
[[nl:allay]]
[[ps:allay]]
[[pl:allay]]
[[pt:allay]]
[[sv:allay]]
[[ta:allay]]
[[te:allay]]
[[th:allay]]
[[tr:allay]]
[[vi:allay]]

Latest revision as of 19:05, 11 July 2024

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English alayen, aleyen, aleggen, from Old English āleċġan (“to put, place, lay down, lay aside, throw down, give up, cease from, abandon; put down, allay, suppress, abolish, conquer, destroy, overcome, refute; lay upon, inflict, impose upon; diminish, take away, refuse, lessen, withhold”), from Proto-Germanic *uzlagjaną (“to lay down”), equivalent to a- +‎ lay. Cognate with German erlegen (“to impose, cause to succumb, kill”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uslagjan, “to lay down”). In Middle English the word was identical to forms of allege and alloy, leading to much overlapping of senses.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈleɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Verb

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allay (third-person singular simple present allays, present participle allaying, simple past and past participle allayed)

  1. (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
    Synonyms: appease, assuage, compose, soothe, calm, quiet
    to allay popular excitement
    to allay the tumult of the passions
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
      O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstacy, […]
    • 1888, William Morris, Signs of Change […] ‎[1], London: Reeves and Turner, page 104:
      They were forced to try to allay discontent by palliative measures.
    • 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, 3rd edition, London, New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., […], published 1892, →OCLC:
      He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.
    • 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Dropping the First Shoe”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎[2], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, page 84:
      Kissinger was obviously doing his best to allay our government's growing apprehension in connection with Nixon's forthcoming trip to Peking.
    • 2020 February 12, Mark Sweney, “Mobile World Congress axed after firms quit over coronavirus fears”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      The trade show’s organisers had attempted to allay concerns by announcing more stringent health and safety measures including a ban on handshakes, and taking attendees’ temperatures.
  2. (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
    Synonyms: alleviate, abate
    to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
  4. (archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  5. (archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
    • 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warr:
      Yet far be it from us to condemn all their works to be dross, because debased and allayed with superstitious intents […]

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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allay (plural allays)

  1. Alleviation; abatement; check.
  2. (obsolete) An alloy.

References

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Anagrams

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Quechua

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Noun

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allay

  1. harvest or digging up of potatoes or tubers

Declension

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declension of allay
singular plural
nominative allay allaykuna
accusative allayta allaykunata
dative allayman allaykunaman
genitive allaypa allaykunap
locative allaypi allaykunapi
terminative allaykama allaykunakama
ablative allaymanta allaykunamanta
instrumental allaywan allaykunawan
comitative allaynintin allaykunantin
abessive allayninnaq allaykunannaq
comparative allayhina allaykunahina
causative allayrayku allaykunarayku
benefactive allaypaq allaykunapaq
associative allaypura allaykunapura
distributive allayninka allaykunanka
exclusive allaylla allaykunalla
possessive forms of allay
ñuqap - first-person singular
ñuqap (my) singular plural
nominative allayniy allayniykuna
accusative allayniyta allayniykunata
dative allayniyman allayniykunaman
genitive allayniypa allayniykunap
locative allayniypi allayniykunapi
terminative allayniykama allayniykunakama
ablative allayniymanta allayniykunamanta
instrumental allayniywan allayniykunawan
comitative allayniynintin allayniykunantin
abessive allayniyninnaq allayniykunannaq
comparative allayniyhina allayniykunahina
causative allayniyrayku allayniykunarayku
benefactive allayniypaq allayniykunapaq
associative allayniypura allayniykunapura
distributive allayniyninka allayniykunanka
exclusive allayniylla allayniykunalla
qampa - second-person singular
qampa (your) singular plural
nominative allayniyki allayniykikuna
accusative allayniykita allayniykikunata
dative allayniykiman allayniykikunaman
genitive allayniykipa allayniykikunap
locative allayniykipi allayniykikunapi
terminative allayniykikama allayniykikunakama
ablative allayniykimanta allayniykikunamanta
instrumental allayniykiwan allayniykikunawan
comitative allayniykintin allayniykikunantin
abessive allayniykinnaq allayniykikunannaq
comparative allayniykihina allayniykikunahina
causative allayniykirayku allayniykikunarayku
benefactive allayniykipaq allayniykikunapaq
associative allayniykipura allayniykikunapura
distributive allayniykinka allayniykikunanka
exclusive allayniykilla allayniykikunalla
paypa - third-person singular
paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
nominative allaynin allayninkuna
accusative allayninta allayninkunata
dative allayninman allayninkunaman
genitive allayninpa allayninkunap
locative allayninpi allayninkunapi
terminative allayninkama allayninkunakama
ablative allayninmanta allayninkunamanta
instrumental allayninwan allayninkunawan
comitative allayninintin allayninkunantin
abessive allayninninnaq allayninkunannaq
comparative allayninhina allayninkunahina
causative allayninrayku allayninkunarayku
benefactive allayninpaq allayninkunapaq
associative allayninpura allayninkunapura
distributive allaynininka allayninkunanka
exclusive allayninlla allayninkunalla
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
nominative allayninchik allayninchikkuna
accusative allayninchikta allayninchikkunata
dative allayninchikman allayninchikkunaman
genitive allayninchikpa allayninchikkunap
locative allayninchikpi allayninchikkunapi
terminative allayninchikkama allayninchikkunakama
ablative allayninchikmanta allayninchikkunamanta
instrumental allayninchikwan allayninchikkunawan
comitative allayninchiknintin allayninchikkunantin
abessive allayninchikninnaq allayninchikkunannaq
comparative allayninchikhina allayninchikkunahina
causative allayninchikrayku allayninchikkunarayku
benefactive allayninchikpaq allayninchikkunapaq
associative allayninchikpura allayninchikkunapura
distributive allayninchikninka allayninchikkunanka
exclusive allayninchiklla allayninchikkunalla
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
nominative allayniyku allayniykukuna
accusative allayniykuta allayniykukunata
dative allayniykuman allayniykukunaman
genitive allayniykupa allayniykukunap
locative allayniykupi allayniykukunapi
terminative allayniykukama allayniykukunakama
ablative allayniykumanta allayniykukunamanta
instrumental allayniykuwan allayniykukunawan
comitative allayniykuntin allayniykukunantin
abessive allayniykunnaq allayniykukunannaq
comparative allayniykuhina allayniykukunahina
causative allayniykurayku allayniykukunarayku
benefactive allayniykupaq allayniykukunapaq
associative allayniykupura allayniykukunapura
distributive allayniykunka allayniykukunanka
exclusive allayniykulla allayniykukunalla
qamkunap - second-person plural
qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
nominative allayniykichik allayniykichikkuna
accusative allayniykichikta allayniykichikkunata
dative allayniykichikman allayniykichikkunaman
genitive allayniykichikpa allayniykichikkunap
locative allayniykichikpi allayniykichikkunapi
terminative allayniykichikkama allayniykichikkunakama
ablative allayniykichikmanta allayniykichikkunamanta
instrumental allayniykichikwan allayniykichikkunawan
comitative allayniykichiknintin allayniykichikkunantin
abessive allayniykichikninnaq allayniykichikkunannaq
comparative allayniykichikhina allayniykichikkunahina
causative allayniykichikrayku allayniykichikkunarayku
benefactive allayniykichikpaq allayniykichikkunapaq
associative allayniykichikpura allayniykichikkunapura
distributive allayniykichikninka allayniykichikkunanka
exclusive allayniykichiklla allayniykichikkunalla
paykunap - third-person plural
paykunap (their) singular plural
nominative allayninku allayninkukuna
accusative allayninkuta allayninkukunata
dative allayninkuman allayninkukunaman
genitive allayninkupa allayninkukunap
locative allayninkupi allayninkukunapi
terminative allayninkukama allayninkukunakama
ablative allayninkumanta allayninkukunamanta
instrumental allayninkuwan allayninkukunawan
comitative allayninkuntin allayninkukunantin
abessive allayninkunnaq allayninkukunannaq
comparative allayninkuhina allayninkukunahina
causative allayninkurayku allayninkukunarayku
benefactive allayninkupaq allayninkukunapaq
associative allayninkupura allayninkukunapura
distributive allayninkunka allayninkukunanka
exclusive allayninkulla allayninkukunalla

Verb

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allay

  1. (transitive) to dig, dig up, dig out, excavate; to harvest tubers

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of allay
infinitive allay
agentive allaq
present participle allaspa
past participle allasqa
future participle allana
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
indicative ñuqa qam pay ñuqanchik ñuqayku qamkuna paykuna
present allani allanki allan allanchik allayku
allaniku1 		allankichik allanku
past
(experienced) 		allarqani allarqanki allarqan allarqanchik allarqayku
allarqaniku 		allarqankichik allarqanku
past
(reported) 		allasqani allasqanki allasqan allasqanchik allasqayku
allasqaniku 		allasqankichik allasqanku
future allasaq allanki allanqa allasunchik allasaqku allankichik allanqaku
imperative — qam pay ñuqanchik — qamkuna paykuna
affirmative allay allachun allasun2
allasunchik 		allaychik allachunku
negative ama
allaychu 		ama
allachunchu 		ama allasunchu
ama allasunchikchu 		ama
allaychikchu 		ama
allachunkuchu
1 The conjugation -niku is only for the Ayacucho-Chanca variety.
2 The form -sun refers to "you and I together", while the form -sunchik refers to "you and I and other people".

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