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تحسّن

Root: حسن

Form: 5

Full Definition

تحسّنV : see 1.
2 Also i. q. تَجَمَّلَ [i. e. He beautified, embellished, or adorned, himself: and he affected what is beautiful, goodly, or comely, in person, or in action or actions or behaviour, or in moral character, &c.]. [تَحَسَّنَتْ, said of a woman, occurs, in the former sense, in the S and K in art. رعد, and in the TA in art. نقط, &c.]
3 دَخَلَ الحَمَّامَ فَتَحَسَّنَ He entered the hot bath and was shaven.
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