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اِتَّأَدَ

Root: وأد

Form: 8

Full Definition

اِتَّأَدَVIII (originally اِوْتَأَدَ, S,) and He acted, or behaved, with moderation, gentleness, or deliberation, moderately, gently, deliberately, or contr. of hastily: with gravity, staidness, sedateness, or calmness: from تُؤَدَةٌ [q. v.]: or from وَأْدٌ: or, as some say, formed by transposition, and from تَأَوَّدَت فِى قِيَامِهَا, meaning “ she bent in her rising, by reason of her heaviness. ” Ex. اتّأد فِى أَمْرِهِ, and توأّد فِيهِ, He acted with moderation, gentleness, &c., in his affair: and فِى مَشْيِهِ in his walk, or pace, or gait.


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