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ترفّع

Root: رفع

Form: 5

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ترفّعV He exalted himself; he was, or became, haughty, proud, or disdainful; syn. تَجَالَّ; (S in art. جل;) [and so ارتفع فِى نَفْسِهِ, occurring in the S in art. دكل, on the authority of AZ.] You say, فُلَانٌ يَتَرَفَّعُ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ Such a one exalts himself above that; holds himself above it; disdains it; or is disdainful of it; syn. يَتَجَالُّ. And تَرَفَّعَتْ بِى هِمَّتِى عَنْ كَذَا [My ambition raised me above such a thing; made me to hold myself above it, or to disdain it].
2 See also 8.
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