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طاوعهُ

Root: طوع

Form: 3

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طاوعهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُطَاوَعَةٌ, and quasi-Verbal.Noun طَوَاعِيَةٌ, i. q. وَافَقَهُ [as meaning He complied with him]. You say, طاوعت المَرْأَةُ زَوْجَهَا, quasi-Verbal.Noun طَوَاعِيَةٌ, The woman complied with her husband. It is said that طاوعهُ differs from أَطَاعَهُ. But see 1, latter half, in two places.
2 See also 2.
3 One says also, طاوع لَهُ المُرَادُ The thing wished, or desired, or sought after, [was, or became, easy of attainment to him; or] came to him easily.
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