تَعَاطٍ
Root: عطو
Form: 6
Full Definition
2 And The taking with the hand (تَنَاوُل) what is not right, or just, or due.
3 And The contending in taking. One says, تَعَاطَوُا الشَّىْءَ They took the thing, or took it with the hand, one from another, and contended together in doing it.
4 [And The contending in giving, presenting, or offering.] One says also, تَعَاطَيْنَا , Present.T أَعْطُوهُ, i. e. [We contended in giving, and it may also mean in taking, and] I overcame, or surpassed, him [therein].
5 [And simply The giving, presenting, or offering, mutually, reciprocally, or by one to another. See an ex. voce شَبَرٌ.
6 And hence, The reciting, one with another, or the vying, one with another, in reciting, verses, or poetry.] One says تَعَاطَوُا الرَّجَزَ بَيْنَهُمْ (TA and TK in art. رجز)
7 And The standing upon the extremities of the toes, with raising the hands to a thing. And hence, as some say, فَتَعَاطَى فَعَقَرَ, in the Kur [liv. 29]: for this is said to mean And he stood upon the extremities of his toes, then raised his hands, and smote her: or this means and he took the sword, or the she-camel, and slew her: or and he emboldened himself &c.: [for]
8 تَعَاطٍ signifies also The being bold, daring, or courageous, so as to attempt, or venture upon, a thing without consideration or hesitation: or, as also , the venturing upon, or embarking in, or doing, a thing, or an affair, or a bad, or foul, thing or affair: or the former is used in relation to that which is noble, or honourable; and ↓ the latter, in relation to that which is bad, or foul. And one says, فُلَانٌ يَتَعَاطَى كَذَا i. e. Such a one enters into such a thing: or ventures boldly, daringly, or courageously, upon such a thing, and does it. . [And Such a one takes, or applies himself, to such a thing; as wine, or the drinking thereof; and gaming: you say, تعاطى الخَمْرَ; and المَيْسِرَ: see Ksh and Bd and Jel in ii. 216.] And تَعَاطَى قَوْلَ الشِّعْرِ He affected to be a poet but was not. (TA in arr. شعر.) And تَعَاطَى البَلَاغَةَ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا [He affected, or attempted, eloquence, not being of those endowed therewith]. (TA in art. بلغ.)
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