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تأرّب

Root: ارب

Form: 5

Full Definition

تأرّبV He affected, or endeavoured to acquire, (تَكَلَّفَ,) cunning, or intelligence, and excellence of judgment, and deceit, guile, or artifice, and wickedness, mischievousness, or malignity. [See إِرْبٌ.]
2 تأرّب فِي الأَمْرِ: see 1.
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