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اِبْتِذَالٌ

Root: بذل

Form: 8

Full Definition

اِبْتِذَالٌVIII is the contr. of صِيَانَةٌ; [i. e.] ابتذلهُ signifies He held it in mean estimation; namely, a garment or other thing; [he was careless of it; he used it, or employed it, on, or for, ordinary, mean, or vile, occasions, or purposes;] he used it for service and work; namely, a garment &c.; syn. اِمْتَهَنَهُ; he wore it in times of service and work; as also بَذَلَهُ ; or, as IKoot says, بَذَلَهُ, [Present.T ـُ and ـِ] Verbal.Noun بَذْلَةٌ and بِذْلَةٌ, signifies he did not preserve it, lay it up, take care of it, or reserve it; namely, a garment. See also 5, in two places. You say also, ابتذل عَدْوَهُ [He performed his run freely, or without reservation; opposed to صَانَهُ]. See 1.
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