مُضَارِعَةٌ

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مُضَارِعَةٌIII is syn. with مُشَابَهَةٌ: accord. to Er-Rághib, its primary meaning is The sharing [in a thing, or particularly in the ضَرْع, or udder], like مُرَاضَعَةٌ, which is the “ sharing in sucking. ” You say ضارعهُ He, or it, resembled him, or it; was, or became like him, or it. And بَيْنَهُمَا مُرَاضَعَةُ الكَاسِ وَمُضَارَعَةُ الأَجْنَاسِ [Between them two are the sipping of the wine-cup, and the resemblance of kinds; or compotation and congeniality]: said in the A to be from الضَّرْعُ. [See also an ex. voce تَحَلَّجَ.]
2 Also i. q. مُقَارَبَةٌ [meaning The approaching a thing]. See 2, in two places.

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