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مُعَاهَدَةٌ

Root: عهد

Form: 3

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مُعَاهَدَةٌIII is between two persons; signifying The uniting with another in a compact, a contract, a covenant, an agreement, a confederacy, a league, a treaty, or an engagement, عَلَى كَذَا [respecting, or to do, such a thing]. You say, يُعَاهِدُكَ وَتُعَاهِدُهُ [He makes a compact, &c., with thee, and thou makest a compact, &c., with him]. [See also عَهِدَ إِلَيْهِ.]
2 And عاهدهُ He swore to him. (K in this art., and Mgh in art. وثق.)

def.2 See also 5.
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