بَعْثَرَ

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بَعْثَرَ

Q. 1 [Verbal.Noun بَعْثَرَةٌ,] He took, drew, or pulled, a thing out, or forth, and uncovered it, laid it open, or exposed it; as also بَحْثَرَ: he raised what was in a thing, and caused it to come forth. Hence, in the Kur [c. 9], إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ When that which is in the graves is raised, and caused to come forth: [see also بَحْثَرَ:] or the meaning is, when the dust, or earth, in the graves is turned over, and the dead in them are raised: or when what is in the graves, of gold and silver, comes forth; after which the dead are to come forth.
2 Also He examined; he searched.
3 He searched for, or after, or into, news, or tidings.
4 He scattered, or dispersed, a thing, and turned it over, one part upon another: he scattered, or dispersed, his household goods, or his commodities, and turned them over, one upon another; as also بَحْثَرَ, and بَغْثَرَ.
5 He demolished a watering-trough or tank, and turned it upside-down.

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