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ارتع

Root: رتع

Form: 4

Full Definition

ارتعIV He put his camels [to pasture at pleasure; or] to eat and drink what they pleased, amid abundance of herbage, and plenty: or he pastured his camels, or put them to pasture, by themselves. See the ex. in the Kur-án cited above.
2 Hence, He ruled, or governed, his subjects well; [as though] leaving them to satiate themselves in the pasturage.
3 It lighted upon abundance of herbage, and pastured.
4 It produced, or gave growth to, herbage in which the camels might pasture at pleasure, or eat and drink what they pleased, amid abundance thereof and plenty.
5 ارتعت الأَرْضُ The land became abundant in herbage.
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