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أَصْوَتَ

Root: صوت

Form: 4

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أَصْوَتَIV see 1.
2 اصات signifies also He became possessed of صِيت [or fame, &c.; i. e. he became famous].

def.2 [It is also trans.; as in the phrase] اصات القَوْسَ He made the bow to sound [or twang]: [and so is صوّت ; as in the phrase] صوّت العِلْكَ [He caused the kind of resin called عِلْك to make a sound, or sounds]. (K voce أَنْقَضَ.)
2 [And it is trans. by means af بِ; as in the phrase] اصات بِالرَّجُلِ [and in like manner صوّت (see جَرَّسَ)] He rendered the man notorious by a thing that he did not desire.
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