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تفصّح

Root: فصح

Form: 5

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تفصّحV He affected (تَكَلَّفَ) the faculty, or quality, of فَصَاحَة [q. v.] فِى كَلَامِهِ [in his speech]; as also تفاصح : or he made use of the faculty of فَصَاحَة: or, as some say, [but accord. to general analogy, this signification seems to belong more properly to تفاصح ,] he affected a resemblance to those endowed with that faculty; [or made a show of فصاحة;] like تَحَلَّمَ as meaning “ he made a show of الحِلْم ” [i. e. “ forbearance, ” &c.; in which sense تَحَالَمَ is more commonly used]. See also 1, latter part.
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