رَجَحَ

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رَجَحَI , Present.T ـَ and ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun رُجُوحٌ and رَجَحَانٌ and رُجْحَانٌ, or this last is a simple subst., It exceeded another thing in weight; outweighed; preponderated. And رَجَحَ الميزَانُ, Present.T ـَ and ـُ and ـِ Verbal.Noun رُجْحَانٌ and رُجُوحٌ, [but see what is said of the former above,] The balance inclined; i. e. the scale, of the balance, in which was the thing weighed was heavier than the other; as also ترجّح . And رَجَحَتْ إِحْدَى الكَفَّتَيْنِ عَلَى الأُخُرِى [One of the two scales outweighed the other].
2 [Hence,] رَجَحَ أَحَدُ قَوْلَيْهِ عَلَى الآخَرِ [One of his two sayings outweighed the other; surpassed, excelled, was preferable to, or of more force or validity than, the other].
3 And رَجَحَ الشَّىْءُ The thing was, or became, heavy. (TA in art. رجحن [q. v.].)
4 [Hence,] رَجَحَ فِى مَجْلِسِهِ He was, or became, heavy, [i. e. dull, torpid, or drowsy,] not light, [i. e. not lively or sprightly,] in his sitting-place.

def.2 It is also used transitively: one says, رَجَحْتُهُ [I outweighed him].
2 [Hence,] رَجَحَهُ He surpassed him in gravity, staidness, sedateness, and forbearance, or clemency; was, or became, more grave, staid, sedate, and forbearing, or clement, (أَرْزَن, S, K, TA, and أَحْلَم, TA,) than he. So in the saying, نَاوَأْنَا قَوْمًا فَرَجَحْنَاهُمْ [We vied with a people, or party, and surpassed them in gravity, &c.]. And فَرَجَحْتُهُ [I vied with him in gravity, &c., and surpassed him therein].
3 You say also, رَجَحَ الشَّىْءَ بِيَدِهِ He weighed the thing with his hand, trying what was its weight: or so رَجَحَهُ alone.

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