تَزَاعَمَا
Root: زعم
Form: 6
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تَزَاعَمَاVI
They two competed in discoursing of a thing, and differed respecting it: accord. to Z, it means they talked of, or related,
زَعَمَات, i. e. [mere assertions, or] stories in which no confidence was to be placed. Sh says that التَّزَاعُمُ is mostly used in relation to a thing respecting which there is doubt.
def.2 One says also, تزاعم القَوْمُ, meaning The people, or party, became responsible, one for another: and hence, تزاعموا عَلَى كَذَا they leagued together, and aided one another, against such a thing.
def.2 One says also, تزاعم القَوْمُ, meaning The people, or party, became responsible, one for another: and hence, تزاعموا عَلَى كَذَا they leagued together, and aided one another, against such a thing.
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