عِبْرَةٌ

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عِبْرَةٌ a subst. from الاِعْتِبَارُ; An admonition, or exhortation: : an admonition, or exhortation, by which one takes warning or example: a thing by the state, or condition, of which one is admonished, or reminded, and guided, or directed: i. q. [lit. a being admonished, or reminded, &c.; but meaning a cause of being admonished, &c.; i. e. a warning, or an example]: or اِعْتِبَارٌ بِمَا مَضَى i. e. اِتّعَاظٌ and تَذَكُّرٌ [meaning, in like manner, a cause of being admonished, or reminded, by what has passed]: an indication, or evidence, whereby one passes from ignorance to knowledge: a state [of things or circumstances] whereby, from the knowledge of what is seen, one arrives at the knowledge of what is not seen; as also : and a wonderful thing [app. such as serves as a warning or an example]: pl. عِبَرٌ.
2 And The account, or estimation, or regard, in which a thing is held in respect of predicamental order; as also . [Hence the common phrase لَا عِبْرَةَ بِهِ, meaning No regard is due to it.]

def.2 See also عِبَارَةٌ.

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