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استحمّ

Root: حم

Form: 10

Full Definition

استحمّX He washed himself with hot water: (S, Msb, K: or accord. to some copies of the K, استحمّ بِالحَمِيمِ has this meaning:) this is the primary signification: then applied, by reason of frequency of usage, to mean he washed himself with any water.
2 He entered the حَمَّام [or hot bath]: [in this sense] is not of established authority.
3 He sweated: said of a man, and of a horse or similar beast.


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