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تَوَسَّمْتُ

Root: وسم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تَوَسَّمْتُV i. q. تَفَرَّسْتُهُ; [I discovered, or perceived, in him good, or goodness, by right opinion formed from its outward signs;] originally, I knew its real existence in him by its outward sign. See also Har, pp. 30, 46, 76.
2 تَوَسَّمَ He examined deliberately in order to know the real state or character of a thing by the external sign thereof.
3 He perceived a thing by forming a correct opinion from its outward signs.
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