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تَعَدَّوَ

Root: عدو

Form: 5

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تَعَدَّوَV see 1, first quarter, in two places: and see 4.
2 [Hence تعدّى said of a verb, It was, or became, transitive.]
3 تعدّى الحَقَّ: and تعدّى عَلَيْهِ: see 1, second quarter, in two places.

def.2 تَعَدَّوْا They found milk, which they drank, and it rendered them in no need of wine: so in the copies of the K; but correctly, of flesh-meat, as in the M.
2 And They found pasturage for their cattle, and it rendered them in no need of purchasing fodder.

def.3 And تعدّى مَهْرَ فُلَانَةَ He took, or received, the dowry, or bridal gift, of such a woman.
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