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عمّد

Root: عمد

Form: 2

Full Definition

عمّدII , Verbal.Noun تَعْمِيدٌ, He stopped, or obstructed, the course of the torrent, so as to make it collect in a place, by means of earth, or the like, or stones.
2 See also 1, first sentence.
3 [عمّدهُ as used by the Christians, and held to be of Syriac origin, means He baptized him: see مَعْمُودِيَةٌ.]
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