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كَابَرْتُهُ

Root: كبر

Form: 3

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كَابَرْتُهُIII , Present.T of the latter ـُ [I contended, or disputed, with him for superiority in greatness, and I overcame him therein.] You say كَابَرَ فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا Such a one disputed with such a one for superiority in greatness, and said I am greater than thou.
2 كابرهُ, Verbal.Noun مُكَابَرَةٌ, He vied with him; or contended with him for superiority; syn. غَالَبَهُ: and he contended against him; or he contended against him, or disputed with him, not knowing the truth or falsity of what he or his adversary said; syn. عَانَدَهُ: or he contended or disputed with him, knowing that what he himself said was false, and that what his adversary said was true.
3 It is said in a trad., لَاتُكَابِرُوا الصَّلَاةَ, meaning, لَا تُغَالِبُوهَا [app., Contend not ye against prayer.]
4 كُوبِرَ فَأَبَى [It was contended with, and refused, or would not]: said of what he would utter by a man who had an impediment in his speech.
5 كَابَرَهُ عَلَى حَقِّهِ He denied, or disacknowledged, to him his right, or due, and contended with him for it; expl. by جَاحَدَهُ وَغَالَبَهُ. (A, TA. [See 1 in art. جحد.])
6 كُوبِرَ عَلَى مَالِهِ He had his property taken from him by force.
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