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عَايَنْتُهُ

Root: عين

Form: 3

Full Definition

عَايَنْتُهُIII , Verbal.Noun عيَانٌ, and مُعَايَنَةٌ, , I saw it [or him] with my eye [or eyes, ocularly, or before my eyes]; [or I viewed with my eye, and faced, or confronted, him, or it; for ] المُعَايَنَةُ signifies the viewing with the eye, and facing, or confronting. [See also 5.] You say, لَقِيَهُ عِيَانًا, thus in copies of the K; but in some copies , with fet-h to the second and third letters and with kesr to the ع, and thus accord. to Lh, i. e. [He met him] eye to eye (مُعَايَنَةً), [or face to face,] not doubting of his seeing him.
3 See also 1.

def.1 مُعَايَنَةٌ signifies also The dealing in buying and selling with ready money] which is termed عَيْنٌ].

def.2 See also عَيْنٌ, in the third quarter of the paragraph.
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