Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تصوّر

Root: صور

Form: 5

Full Definition

تصوّرV He, or it, was, or became, formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, or pictured.
2 And [hence,] تصوّر لِى [and لِى, like تَخَيَّلَ لِى and خُيِّلَ لِى,] It appeared to my mind, or imagination, as an image, or a picture.

def.2 See also 2.
2 [Hence,] تصوّر شَيْئًا He imagined a thing; imaged it in the mind; as also صوّرهُ ; [like تَخَيَّلَهُ and خَيَّلَهُ;] he imagined, or conceived, the form of the thing. [تَصَوُّرٌ in logic signifies The forming of an idea; conception, perception, or apprehension; sometimes qualified by the epithet سَاذَجٌ i. e. simple.]

def.3 Also He inclined, to fall: or he fell: or he, or it, fell, or alighted.


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