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اخبث

Root: خبث

Form: 4

Full Definition

اخبثIV He was, or became, characterized by خُبْث and شَرّ [meaning badness, wickedness, deceit, &c.: see also خَبُثَ].
2 He had bad, wicked, or deceitful, companions or friends, and a bad, wicked, or deceitful, family: or his companions, or friends, became bad, wicked, or deceitful: (S in art. فلس:) or he took to himself bad, wicked, or deceitful, companions or friends or connexions or assistants.

def.2 اخبثهُ He taught him to be bad, wicked, or deceitful: and rendered him bad, corrupt, vitious, or depraved.
2 See also 2.
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