اِمْتَنَعَ
Root: منع
Form: 8
Full Definition
اِمْتَنَعَVIII
[It was, or became, prevented from being; it necessarily was not. You say يَمْتَنِعُ
هٰذَا لِوُجُودِ ذَاكَ
This is prevented from being, or may not be, or necessarily is not, because of that's being. And يَمْتَنِعُ أَنْ تَكُوَن هٰذَا
This may not be.]
2 اِمْتَنَعَ He refrained, forbore, abstained, or held back, مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing. or affair; as also عَنْهُ: he did so voluntarily, of his own free will or choice: he refused: you say, اِمْتنَعَ عَنْهُ he refrained, &c., from it voluntarily, &c.; refused it; or refused to do it. (MF. in art. حصر.) See أَبَى.
3 اِمْتَنَعَ عَلَيْهِ He, or it, opposed him; resisted him; withstood him; repugned him; was incompliant, or
4 اِمْتَنَعَ It was, or became, inaccessible, or inapproachable; like ; syn. with حَصُنَ, q. v.: and also, difficult of access, as in an instance in art. أبى ; and also عَرِسَ عَلَىَّ.
5 See 5.
2 اِمْتَنَعَ He refrained, forbore, abstained, or held back, مِنَ الأَمْرِ from the thing. or affair; as also عَنْهُ: he did so voluntarily, of his own free will or choice: he refused: you say, اِمْتنَعَ عَنْهُ he refrained, &c., from it voluntarily, &c.; refused it; or refused to do it. (MF. in art. حصر.) See أَبَى.
3 اِمْتَنَعَ عَلَيْهِ He, or it, opposed him; resisted him; withstood him; repugned him; was incompliant, or
4 اِمْتَنَعَ It was, or became, inaccessible, or inapproachable; like ; syn. with حَصُنَ, q. v.: and also, difficult of access, as in an instance in art. أبى ; and also عَرِسَ عَلَىَّ.
5 See 5.
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