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وَسِعَ

Root: وسع

Form: 1

Full Definition

وَسِعَI [The vessel was sufficient in its capacity or dimensions, or sufficiently capacious, or large, for the goods]; and المَكَانُ القَوْمَ [the place for the company of men]. لَا يَسَعُكَ ان تَفْعَلَ كَذَا It is not in thy power, or proper for thee, or allowable for thee, to do such a thing.
2 وَسَعَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ, Present.T يَوْسَعُ; and , and ; He made his means of subsistence ample and abundant.


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