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سَوَّلَتْ

Root: سول

Form: 2

Full Definition

سَوَّلَتْII , or كَذَا, or الشَّىْءَ, Verbal.Noun تَسْوِيلٌ, His soul embellished [or commended] to him a thing, or an affair, or such a thing, or the thing: or made it [to appear] easy to him, and a light matter in his eyes; from سَوَلٌ signifying “ laxness ” or the like: the Verbal.Noun signifies the embellishing, a thing, and making it to be loved or approved, in order that one may do it or say it: or the soul's embellishing a thing that is eagerly desired, and picturing what is foul thereof as goodly: and it is said to be from سُولٌ signifying “ an object of a man's desire, which embellishes to the seeker thereof that which is false, or vain, and other things of the deceptions of the present world. ”
2 You say also, يُسَوَّلُ إِلَىَّ كَذَا Such a thing is imaged in the mind to me; is an object of fancy to me; or seems to me. (L in art. هد.)
3 And سوّل لَهُ said of the Devil, He led him into error; or made him to err: or facilitated to him the commission of great sins; from سَوَلٌ meaning as expl. above in this paragraph: or incited him to indulgence in appetences, or lusts; from السُّولُ meaning [by implication] التَّمَنِّى: or [as though meaning] let down his rope [to him to aid in the accomplishment of his desire].


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