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مُعَالَنَةٌ

Root: علن

Form: 3

Full Definition

مُعَالَنَةٌIII signify the same, i. e. i. q. مُجَاهَرَةٌ [meaning The behaving, or acting, openly with another, or others]; as also . You say, عَالَنْتُهُمْ بِالأَمْرِ i. q. جَاهَرْتُهُمْ بِهِ [i. e. I was open, or I acted openly, with them in the affair, or case]. (JK in art. جهر.) And عَالَنَ بِالعَدَاوَةِ i. q. جَاهَرَ [i. e. He showed open enmity or hostility, with another].
2 Or The laying open, or manifesting, of each one to his fellow, what is in his mind. You say, عَالَنْتُ بِهِ, [or عَالَنْتُهُ,] Verbal.Noun مُعَالَنَةٌ and عِلَانٌ, [I laid open, or manifested, to him what was in my mind, he doing the same to me,] i. e. each of us laid open, or manifested, to the other, what was in his mind.
3 See also the next paragraph.
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