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تَبَاهَوْا

Root: بهو

Form: 6

Full Definition

تَبَاهَوْاVI They vied, or competed, or contended for superiority, one with another, [in beauty, or goodliness, or] in glorying, or boasting, or in glory, or excellence; they emulated, or rivalled, one another therein; or, simply, they vied, one with another; syn. تَفَاخَرُوا.
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