بَشِعَ

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بَشِعَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun بَشَاعَةٌ and بَشَعٌ, said of a thing, or of food, It was, or became, disagreeable in taste, and choking: or disagreeable, or unpleasant, having in it dryness and bitterness.
2 بَشِعَ الرَّجُلُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun بَشَعٌ and بَشَاعَةٌ, The man was, or became, disagreeable in the odour of the mouth, from eating food disagreeable in taste, and choking; not removing the remains of food from between his teeth, nor cleaning them with the tooth-stick. You say, بَشِعَ مِنْهُ [He was, or became, disagreeable in the odour of the mouth from it]; meaning, from eating food such as is described above. [Or this phrase in the S may have another meaning, which see in what follows.]
3 And [hence,] The man was, or became, evil in his disposition, and in his social intercourse. You say also, فِى خُلُقِهِ بَشَاعَةٌ In his disposition is evilness.
4 بَشَعٌ also signifies, in relation to wood, The abounding in knots.
5 Also The fauces' being straitened, or choked, by coarse, or rough, food. [And بَشِعَ مِنْهُ means He experienced a straitened state, or choking, of the fauces from it; namely coarse, or rough, food; or food disagreeable in taste, and choking: see 4: and see another meaning of this phrase above.]
6 And [hence,] بَشِعَ [or بَشِعَ بِالمَآءِ,] Present.T ـَ It was, or became, choked, surcharged, or overfilled, with the water. And بَشِعَ بِالنَّاسِ It [a place] was, or became, choked, or overfilled, with men, or the people.
7 [Hence also,] بَشِعَ بِالأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun بَشَعٌ and بَشَاعَةٌ, He was unable to do, or accomplish, the thing, or affair.

def.2 بَشِعَ بِالشَّىْءِ, and بَشَعَ بِهِ, Verbal.Nounبَشْعٌ, He seized the thing in a violent and an abominable manner.

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