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حوّم

Root: حوم

Form: 2

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حوّمII i. q. اِسْتَدَامَ [app. as meaning He paused, and acted with deliberation, or in a patient or leisurely manner, or he waited in expectation, in the affair, or case, like one who hovers about a thing].
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