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عانقهُ

Root: عنق

Form: 3

Full Definition

عانقهُIII , and عَانَقْتُ المَرْأَةَ, Verbal.Noun عِنَاقٌ and مُعَانَقَةٌ, He embraced him, putting his arms upon his neck, and drawing, or pressing, him to himself, and I so embraced the woman, as also ; [and تعانقهُ , and تعنّقهُ : see the last of the verses cited voce بَيْنٌ, and the remarks thereon: but see also what here follows:] and تعانقنا We so embraced each other or one another: and تعانقا , and , [They so embraced each other,] both signifying the same; but عانقا and تعانقا are said in a case of love, or affection, and is said in a case of war and the like; or, accord. to Az, and are both allowable in all cases: and [it is said that] when the act is predicated of one exclusively of the other, one says only عانقهُ, in both the cases above mentioned.

def.2 See also the next paragraph.
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