تَزَاعَمَا

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.

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