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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic възводити (vŭzvoditi). By surface analysis, воз- (voz-) +‎ води́ть (vodítʹ). Doublet of взводи́ть (vzvodítʹ), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vəzvɐˈdʲitʲ]
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Verb

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возводи́ть (vozvodítʹimpf (perfective возвести́)

  1. to raise, to erect
  2. (mathematics) to exponentiate, to raise to a power
  3. to derive [with к (k, + dative) ‘from something in the past’]
  4. to cast (an accusation)
    возводи́ть обвине́ние на кого́-либо в че́м-либоvozvodítʹ obvinénije na kovó-libo v čém-liboto accuse someone of something

Conjugation

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