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تبصّل

Root: بصل

Form: 5

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تبصّلV It was, or became, several fold, or many fold, like the coats of the بَصَل [or onion]. See also مُتَبّصِّلٌ.

def.2 It is also trans.: see 2, in two places.
2 [Hence,] تَبَصَّلُوهُ They begged of him so much that all that he had became exhausted.
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