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رافعهُ

Root: رفع

Form: 3

Full Definition

رافعهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُرَافَعَةٌ: and رافع خَصْمَهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ: see 1, in the former half of the paragraph.
2 رَافَعَنِى فُلَانٌ وَخَافَضَنِى فَلَمْ أَفْعَلْ Such a one endeavoured in every way to induce me to turn or incline, or endeavoured in every way to turn me by deceit or guile, but I did not [that which he desired].
3 رافع بِهِمْ He spared them; or pardoned them, and forbore to slay them. And رَافَعْتُهُ I left him; or left him unmolested; or left him, being left by him; or made peace, or reconciled myself, with him; syn. تَارَكْتُهُ.
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