اِمْتَنَعَ

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اِمْتَنَعَVIII [It was, or became, prevented from being; it necessarily was not. You say يَمْتَنِعُ هٰذَا لِوُجُودِ ذَاكَ This is prevented from being, or may not be, or necessarily is not, because of that's being. And يَمْتَنِعُ أَنْ تَكُوَن هٰذَا This may not be.]
2 اِمْتَنَعَ He refrained, forbore, abstained, or held back, مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing. or affair; as also عَنْهُ: he did so voluntarily, of his own free will or choice: he refused: you say, اِمْتنَعَ عَنْهُ he refrained, &c., from it voluntarily, &c.; refused it; or refused to do it. (MF. in art. حصر.) See أَبَى.
3 اِمْتَنَعَ عَلَيْهِ He, or it, opposed him; resisted him; withstood him; repugned him; was incompliant, or unyielding, to him; see أَبَى عَلَيْهِ.
4 اِمْتَنَعَ It was, or became, inaccessible, or inapproachable; like ; syn. with حَصُنَ, q. v.: and also, difficult of access, as in an instance in art. أبى ; and also عَرِسَ عَلَىَّ.
5 See 5.

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