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3 مُبَادَاةٌ مباداه مباداة The going, or coming, out, or forth, in the field, to encounter another in battle, or war. (TA.) ― -b2- And [more commonly] The showing open enmity, or hostility, with any one: (KL, TA:) [a meaning more fully expressed by the phrase مُبَادَاةٌ بِالعَدَاوَةِ: for you say,] بَادَى بِالعَدَاوَةِ He showed open enmity, or hostility, [with another;] syn. جَاهَرَ بِهَا; (S, K; *) as also ↓ تبادى : (K:) or you say, بالعدواةتبادوا they showed open enmity, or hostility, one with another; syn. تَجَاهَرُوا بِهَا. (S.) You say also, بادى النَّاسَ بِأَمْرِهِ He showed, or revealed, to the people, or to men, his affair, or case. (TA.) [Thus, باداهُ بِالأَمْرِ and لَهُ الأَمْرَابدى signify the same; i. e. He showed, or revealed, to him the affair, or case.] ― -b3- And بادى بَيْنَهُمَا He measured, or compared, them both together, each with the other. (A, TA.)

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