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غرّض

Root: غرض

Form: 2

Full Definition

غرّضII , Verbal.Noun تَغْرِيضٌ, He ate fresh flesh-meat.
2 See also غَرَضَ, in two places.

def.2 One says also, غَرِّضْ فِى سِقَائَكَ Fill not thy skin [completely; leave a portion unfilled in thy skin].
2 And فُلَانٌ بَحْرٌ لَا يُغَرَّضُ i. e. [Such a one is a sea] that will not become exhausted.

def.3 And غرّض signifies also تَفَكَّهَ, [meaning He affected jesting, or joking, for it is] said in the I. to be from الفُكَاهَةُ signifying المُزَاحُ.
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