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اِغْتَرَضَ

Root: غرض

Form: 8

Full Definition

اِغْتَرَضَVIII : was plucked, or taken, while it was fresh, juicy, moist, or not flaccid: quasi-pass. of غَرَضَ in the first of the senses assigned to it as a trans. v. above:]) or اُغْتَرِضَ: (so in the JK and TA: [and if this be correct, it is app. formed by transposition from اُغْتُضِرَ:]) He died in his fresh state; [i. e.] he died a youth, or a young man: [the latter reading seems to be the right, for it is said to be] similar to اُحْتُضِرَ [evidently a mistranscription for اُخْتُضِرَ].

def.2 اغترض الشَّىْءَ He made the thing his غَرَض [i. e. butt, or object of aim, &c.].

def.3 اغترض البَعِيرَ: see 1, last sentence.
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