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باصرهُ

Root: بصر

Form: 3

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باصرهُIII He looked with at a thing, trying which of them two would see it before the other. And بَاصَرَا They two looked, trying which of them would see first.
2 He elevated himself, or rose up, or stood up, so as to be higher than the surrounding objects, (أَشْرَفَ,) looking at him, or towards him, from afar.
3 See also 4.
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