لابس

Form: 3

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لابسIII , [Verbal.Noun مُلَابَسَةٌ and لِبَاسٌ,] He mixed, consorted, or held social intercourse, with the man; syn. خَالَطَهُ. [Hence, app., it is said that] اللِّبَاسُ signifies, or is from المُلَابَسَةُ, which signifies, The mixing one's self and congregating: or the being mixed and congregated. You say, لَا بَسْتُهُ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُ دُخْلَتَهُ I mixed with him [until I knew his mind, or inward state or circumstances]. And لَا بَسْتُهُ [alone] signifies I knew his mind, or inward state or circumstances.
2 لابس الأَمْرَ, and لابس عَمَلَهُ: see 5.
3 [مُلَابَسَةٌ often signifies A close, or an intimate, connexion between two things.] See also 8.

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