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غَبَرَ

Root: غبر

Form: 1

Full Definition

غَبَرَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun غُبُورٌ, He, or it, remained, lasted, or continued: and he tarried, stayed, or waited.
2 And He, or it, passed, passed away, or went away. It is sometimes used in this latter sense; and thus it has two contr. significations.
3 And It was future.

def.2 See also 9.

def.3 غَبِرَ: see 5, last two sentences.
2 Also, this last, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun غَبَرٌ, said of a wound, It was, or became, in a corrupt state: or it became in a healing state, and then became recrudescent: or it was always recrudescent: and it became in a healing state upon, or over, corruptness: or it healed externally while in a withering state internally.
3 And [hence, perhaps,] غَبِرَ said of a man, He bore rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite; or hid enmity, or violent hatred, in his heart.
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