Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَوِيلٌ

Root: حول

Full Definition

حَوِيلٌ : see 4, in the latter half of the paragraph.
2 [Hence,] One who is responsible, or answerable.
3 And A witness.

def.2 See also حِوَلٌ:
2 and حِيلَةٌ.
3 Also [Desire: or a seeking: or a seeking by an artful contrivance or device, or by artful or skilful management, to find a way of attaining an object:] a subst. from حَاوَلَهُ.


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