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مَغْزًى

Root: غزو

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مَغْزًى The intended sense of a saying; the meaning thereof; syn. مَقْصَدٌ [as an Verbal.Noun used in the sense of the pass. part. n. of its verb]. (S, K; in the CK written مَقْصِد.)
2 See also مَغْزَاةٌ.

def.2 And see the paragraph next preceding this.
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