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اغتنمهُ

Root: غنم

Form: 8

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اغتنمهُVIII , as also تغنّمهُ , He reckoned it spoil: or both signify he took, seized, caught, or snatched, it as spoil.
2 And [hence] one says, اغتنم الفُرْصَةَ He took, or seized, or [availed himself of,] the opportunity; or he hastened to take it; syn. اِنْتَهَزَهَا. (S and A and K in art. نهز.)
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