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ujuttaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
  • foist verb To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
  • plant noun A living organism, typically rooted in soil, that makes its own food through photosynthesis — trees, flowers, grasses, and similar life forms.

Senses

ujuttaa is used for these senses in English:

  • coax (transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
  • plant (transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.

foist — full definition

  1. verb To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
  2. verb To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.
  3. verb To pass off as genuine or worthy.

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