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عظّمهُ

Root: عظم

Form: 2

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عظّمهُII , Verbal.Noun تَعْظِيمٌ; and ; [He made it great, big, or large: see إِعْظَامَةٌ.
2 And hence,] He magnified, honoured, or treated with respect or reverence or veneration, him, [generally meaning thus, i. e. a person,] or it, i. e. an affair. [One says, فَعَلْتُ كَذَا تَعْظِيمًا لَهُ I did thus for the purpose of rendering honour &c. to him, or it.]
3 عظّم المَطَرُ, Verbal.Noun as above, The rain moistened to the measure of the عَظَمَة [or thick part] of the arm. (TA voce أَسَّلَ [q. v.])

def.2 عظّم الشَّاةَ, Verbal.Noun as above, He cut up the sheep, or goat, bone by bone.
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