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انتشر

Root: نشر

Form: 8

Full Definition

انتشرVIII [quasi-pass. of 1,] It spread, expanded, or unfolded; it became spread, expanded, or unfolded; as also تنشّر : [or the latter, being quasi-pass. of 2, denotes muchness, &c.]
2 انتشرت النَّخْلَةُ The branches of the palm-tree spread forth. [And انتشرت الأَغْصَانُ The branches spread forth: and the branches straggled.]
3 انتشر الخَبَرُ The news spread, or became published, فِى النَّاسِ among the people.
4 And انتشرت الرَّائِحَةُ [The odour spread, or diffused itself.] (K in art. فوح; &c.)
5 انتشر النَّهَارُ The day became long and extended: and so one says of other things.
6 انتشر العَصَبُ The sinews, or tendons, became inflated, or swollen, by reason of fatigue: إِنْتِشَارٌ is a state of inflation, or swelling, in the sinews, or tendons, of a beast, occasioned by fatigue: AO says, that the sinew, or tendon, which becomes inflated, or swollen, is the عُجَايَة, and that what is termed تَحَرُّكُ الشَّظَى is similar to this affection, excepting in its not being so well endured by the horse: by another, or others, it is said, that انتشار of the sinews, or tendons, of a beast, in his fore leg, is a breaking, and consequent displacement, of those sinews.
7 انتشر ذَكَرْهُ His penis became erect. [And hence,] انتشر الرَّجُلُ The man became excited by lust.
8 انتشر المَآءُ [In my copy of the A, استنشر, but this I regard as a mistranscription,] The water became sprinkled; as also تنشّر : [or the latter signifies it became much sprinkled.]
9 انتشروا فى الأَرْضِ They became scattered, or dispersed, or they scattered, or dispersed, themselves, in the land, or earth.
10 انتشرت الغَنَمَ, and الإِبِلُ, The sheep or goats [and the camels] became scattered, or dispersed, after having been confined in their nightly resting-place: or the sheep or goats and the camels became scattered, or dispersed, through negligence of their pastor.
11 انتشر الأَمْرُ The state of things, or affairs, became dissolved, broken up, decomposed, disorganized, or unsettled; syn. تَشَّتَتَ. (TA, art. شت.)

def.2 See also 1, latter part of the paragraph.
2 انتشر also signifies He put himself in motion, and went on a journey. (TA, in art. بسر.)
3 انتشر الذِّئبُ فِى الغَنَمِ The wolf made an incursion among the sheep or goats. (TA in art. شع.)


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