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بوّب

Root: بوب

Form: 2

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بوّبII [app., He practised what are termed أَبْوَابُ الحَرْبِ, meaning the expedients, tricks, or stratagems, of war, battle, or fight.
2 And hence,] He charged upon, attacked, or assaulted, the enemy.

def.2 بَوَّبْتُ الأَشْيَآءَ I made the things to be divided into distinct أَبْوَاب [meaning kinds, or sorts; or I disposed, arranged, distributed, or classified, the things under distinct heads]. And بوّب الأَبْوَابَ [He disposed, arranged, distributed, classified, or set in order, the kinds, sorts, classes, chapters, heads, or the like]. (TA voce أَصَّلَ, q. v.) And بوّب المُؤَلِّفُ كِتَابَهُ [The author disposed, or divided, his book in, or into, distinct chapters]. [See بَابٌ.]
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