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تشنّع

Root: شنع

Form: 5

Full Definition

تشنّعV He showed, or declared, the case of the people, or party, to be bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly, by reason of their disagreement, and the unsound, or unsettled, state of their opinion.

def.2 And تشنّع He purposed to do a bad, an evil, an abominable, a foul, or an unseemly, thing or affair.
2 See also 2, last sentence, in two places.
3 Hence, He prepared himself for fight: or, said of a party of men, they prepared themselves for fight: and accord. to AA, تشنّع لِلشَّرِّ He prepared himself for evil, or mischief.
4 And It became rent, or slit.

def.3 تشنّع الغَارَةَ He spread, or dispersed, the horsemen making a raid, or sudden attack, upon an enemy.
2 And تشنّع الفَرَسَ He mounted the horse.
3 And تشنّع السِّلَاحَ He put on the weapon, or weapons.
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