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رابأ

Root: ربأ

Form: 3

Full Definition

رابأIII He watched, or observed, a thing; as also رَبَأَ and and ارتبأ : he guarded (حَارَسَ, T, M, K) men, or a man, being guarded by him.
2 He was cautious of, or he feared, a thing, or a man; Verbal.Noun مُرَابَأَةٌ. (T, S. [In one of my copies of the S, رَبَأْتُ الشَّىْءَ مَرْبَأَةً is erroneously put for رَابَأْتُ الشىء مُرَابَأَةً.])
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