رَأَبَ

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رَأَبَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رَأْبٌ. He repaired, or mended, a [cracked, or broken,] vessel, or a crack, or fissure; as also رأّب , in some copies of the K , [agreeably with an explanation of مُرْتَأَبٌ, its pass. part. n., which see below,] and in others [and in a copy of the A] , but the right reading is رأّب. It is related of AHát, that he heard رَبٌ said, [as the imperative, for اِرْأَبْ,] and that it is a good dial. var., like سَلْ for اِسْأَلْ.
2 He rectified, repaired, mended, or amended, anything. You say, رَأَبَ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He effected a reconciliation, or made peace, between the people, or company of men. And اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱرْأَبْ بَيْنَهُمْ O God, effect a reconciliation, or make peace, between them: or rectify the matter, or affair, between them. And اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱرْأَبْ حَالَنَا [O God, rectify, or amend, our state, or condition].
3 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, He collected a thing together, and bound it gently.
4 And رَأَبَتِ الأَرْضُ The land produced its [trefoil called] رَطْبَة, or رُطْبَة, [so accord. to different copies of the K,] after the cutting [of a crop thereof].

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