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تحفّى

Root: حفو

Form: 5

Full Definition

تحفّىV , Verbal.Noun تَحَفٍّ: see 1, in three places: and see also 4.
2 Also i. q. اِجْتَهَدَ [He strove, or laboured, &c., فِى أَمْرٍ in an affair].
3 And i. q. اِهْتَبَلَ [app. as meaning He practised artifice, or the like].
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