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تقلّد

Root: قلد

Form: 5

Full Definition

تقلّدV , and تقلّدت, and تقلّد قِلَادَةً, and تقلّدتها, He put on his neck, or attired himself with, a قلادة [or necklace], and she did the same.
2 تقلّد السَّيْفَ He hung upon himself the sword, putting its suspensory belt or cord upon his neck [or shoulder]. A poet says, يَا لَيْتَ زَوْجَكِ قَدْ غَدَا مُتَقَلِّدًا سَيْفًا وَرُمْحًا [Would that thy husband had gone hanging upon him a sword and bearing a spear]: he means, وَحَامِلًا رُمْحًا. [See a similar saying voce جَدَعَ.]
3 تقلّد العَمَلَ [He became invested with an office of administration, or a prefecture].
4 تقلّد الأَمْرَ He took, or imposed, upon himself, or undertook, the thing, or affair; syn. اِلْتَزَمَهُ. See Ham. p. 127.
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