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طَابَعٌ

Root: طبع

Full Definition

طَابَعٌ and طَابِعٌ i. q. خَاتَمٌ and خَاتِمٌ [meaning A signet, seal, or stamp; i. e.] a thing with which one seals, stamps, imprints, or impresses: [and also a seal, or stamp, as meaning a piece of clay or wax or the like, or a place in a paper &c., impressed, or imprinted, with the instrument thus called:] and accord. to ISh, the former, or each, signifies the مِيسَم [which means the instrument for the branding or otherwise marking, and the brand or other mark,] of the فَرَائِض [or beasts that are to be given in payment of the poor-rate: see طَبَعَ الشَّاةَ]. One says, الطَّابِعُ طَابِعٌ [The signet, &c., is a thing that seals, &c.]; which is like the attribution of the act to the instrument. And كَلَامٌ عَلَيْهِ طَابَعُ الفَصَاحَةِ [Language upon which is the stamp of chasteness, or perspicuity, &c.].
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