خَرَعَهُ

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خَرَعَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun خَرْعٌ, He cut it, or divided it, lengthwise; slit it; split it; as also اخترعهُ .
2 خَرَعَ أُذُنَ الشَّاةِ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He slit the ear of the sheep, or goat: or he slit it in the middle, cutting the upper part thereof lengthwise, so that it became three pieces, and the middle piece hung down upon the cavity of the ear.

def.2 خَرُعَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun خَرَاعَةٌ and خُرُوعَةٌ, in the K خُرُوعٌ, which is a mistake, and خُرْعٌ, [and quasiVerbal.Noun خَرَعٌ, which see below,] He was, or became, supple in the joints: and it was, or became, soft, yielding, flaccid, flabby, lax, or fragile.
2 خَرِعَ, Present.T ـَ [Verbal.Noun خَرَعٌ, app. signifies the same as خَرُعَ: (see خَرَعٌ, below:) and also] He was, or became, weak, or infirm; as also انخرع : he was, or became, weak, or infirm, in body, after firmness, strength, or hardiness: and he was, or became, languid, or languishing, or broken in spirit; syn. اِنْكَسَرَ; as also انخرع : and [in like manner] تخرّع he was, or became, relaxed, or flaccid, and weak, or infirm, and soft, or tender.
3 He was, or became, weak (اِسْتَرْخَى) in his opinion, after being strong.
4 Also, Verbal.Noun خَرَعٌ, He became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; or bereft of his reason or intellect, in consequence of shame, or fear, or grief, or the like. Hence the saying of Aboo-Tálib, when death overtook him, [and he was urged to make profession of El-Islám,] لَوْلَا رَهْبَةَ أَنْ تَقُولَ قُرَيْشٌ وَهَرَهُ الخَرَعُ لَفَعَلْتُ [Were it not for fear that Kureysh would say, “ Confusion, ” &c. “ put him into a state from which there was no escape for him, “ I would do what thou desirest].
5 خَرِعَتِ النَّخْلَةُ The palm-tree lost the stumps of its lopped branches [from its trunk, which thus became comparatively smooth].

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