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قَرَّضَ

Root: قرض

Form: 2

Full Definition

قَرَّضَII see 1, first signification.

def.2 تَقْرِيضٌ also signifies The art of poetry: or the criticism thereof; the picking out the faults thereof; and the discriminating, by consideration, of what is good thereof from what is bad, both expressed and speculative.

def.3 Also, like تَقْرِيظٌ; The act of praising: or dispraising: or it has both these contr. significations; relating to good and to evil; whereas تقريظ relates only to praise and good. You say, فُلَان يُقَرِّضُ صَاحِبَهُ Such a one praises his companion: or dispraises him.
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