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Russian
Etymology
от- (ot-) + ве́дать (védatʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
отве́дать • (otvédatʹ) pf (imperfective отве́дывать)
- (colloquial) to try, to taste
1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава XXV. Как прокуратор пытался спасти Иуду”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:Прише́дший не отказа́лся и от второ́й ча́ши вина́, с ви́димым наслажде́нием проглоти́л не́сколько у́стриц, отве́дал варёных овоще́й, съел кусо́к мя́са.- Prišédšij ne otkazálsja i ot vtorój čáši viná, s vídimym naslaždénijem proglotíl néskolʹko ústric, otvédal varjónyx ovoščéj, sʺjel kusók mjása.
- The visitor did not decline a second cup of wine, swallowed a few oysters with obvious pleasure, tried some steamed vegetables, ate a piece of meat.
Conjugation
Conjugation of отве́дать (class 1a perfective transitive)