تَعْلِيلٌ
Root: عل
Form: 2
Full Definition
2 And The plucking fruit one time after another.
3 And عللّٰهُ بِهِ, Verbal.Noun as above [and تَعِلَّةٌ, q. v.], He diverted, or occupied, him [so as to render him contented] with it; namely, a thing, or food, &c., as, for instance, discourse, and the like; like as the child is diverted, or occupied, with somewhat of food, by which he is rendered contented to be restrained from milk. One says, فُلَانٌ يُعَلِّلُ نَفْسَهُ بِتَعِلَّةٍ [Such a one diverts, or occupies, himself, so as to render himself contented, with something diverting]. [See also مُعَلِّلٌ. And see 5.]
def.2 Also The assigning a cause: and the asserting a cause. [One says, عللّٰهُ بِكَذَا He accounted for it by assigning as the cause such a thing: and he asserted it to be caused by such a thing.]
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