تريّعوا

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تريّعواV : see 1, near the end of the paragraph.
2 تريّع said of grease, or gravy, or oil, and of clarified butter, when much thereof has been put into food; or of melted grease in a bowl; or of clarified butter upon a cake of bread; It flowed, or ran, hither and thither, having no direct course; or went to and fro; or portions thereof followed a little after other portions: and, said of water, it ran, or flowed.
3 In like manner, said of the mirage (سَرَاب), [It quivered, vibrated, or moved to and fro;] it came and went; as also تَرَيَّهَ: and رَاعَ , Present.T يَرِيعُ, Verbal.Noun رَيْعٌ and رَيَعَانٌ, said of the same, it was, or became, in a state of commotion or agitation; it quivered, vibrated, or moved to and fro.
4 He became confounded, or perplexed, [as though vacillating, or wavering,] and unable to see his right course; as also .
5 He paused; or waited: or he paused; or hesitated; or held, refrained, or abstained. [See the part. n., below.]
6 تَرَيَّعَتْ يَدَاهُ بِالجُودِ His two hands overflowed with bounty, [as though they went hither and thither,] for one cause after another.

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