اقترح

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اقترحVIII or بِئْرًا, and , He dug a well in a place in which one had not been dug, or in a place wherein water was not [as yet] found.
2 اُقْتُرِحَ and , said of an arrow, It was begun to be made.
3 اقترح الجَمَلَ He rode the camel before it had been ridden [by any other person].
4 And اقترح He originated, invented, or excogitated, a thing; made it, did it, produced it, or caused it to be or exist, for the first time; spontaneously, without his having heard it; or without there having been any precedent. He elicited a thing, without having heard it. And He uttered, or composed, a speech, or discourse, or the like, extemporaneously; without premeditation.
5 Also He chose for himself, took in preference, or selected. Hence one says, اقترح عَلَيْهِ صَوْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا He desired of him in preference such and such an air, or such and such a tune or song. And one says, أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنِ ٱقْتَرَحَ مَوَدَّةَ فُلَانٍ I am the first [who has chosen for himself the love, or affection, of such a one, or] who has taken such a one as a friend.
6 And He exercised his authority, or judgment, عَلَيْهِ over him: or he demanded some particular thing of some particular person by the exercise of his authority, or judgment, and with ungentleness, roughness, or severity. And اقترح عَلَيْهِ بِكَذَا He exercised his authority, or judgment, over him, in such a thing, and asked without consideration. And اقترح عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا He asked of him a thing without consideration.

def.2 See also 2, last sentence but one.

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