تَسَمَّنَ

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تَسَمَّنَV see 1.
2 [Hence,] تسمّن also signifies He prided himself in the abundance of his wealth, and collected it but did not expend it: (TA in art. هنأ:) or he made a boast of abundance of goodness, or goods, which he did not possess; and laid claim to nobility that was not in him: or collected wealth for the purpose of attaining to the condition of the noble: or loved to indulge himself largely in eatables and drinkables that are the causes of fatness, or plumpness.

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