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احدثهُ

Root: حدث

Form: 4

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احدثهُIV and He brought it into existence, caused it to be, made it, produced it, effected it, or did it, newly, for the first time, it not having been before; began it, or originated it; invented it; innovated it. [Hence,] احدث أَمْرَا [He brought to pass an event]. And احدث حَدَثًا He originated an innovation [see حَدَثٌ].
2 See also 3.
3 Also احدث, Verbal.Noun إِحْدَاثٌ, from الحَدَثُ, He voided his ordure; or broke wind: it has both these meanings: or he did a thing that annulled his state of legal purity. [See حَدَثٌ.]
4 And He committed adultery, or fornication: and in like manner one says of a woman [احدثت].
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