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4 أَعْلَنْتُهُ ذ I laid it open, manifested it, revealed it, made it public, or published it; namely, an affair, a case, or an event; (S, Msb, K, TA;) as also اعلنت بِهِ; and ↓ عَلَّنْتُهُ , (K, TA,) [for which latter the CK has عَلَنْتُهُ, but it is] with teshdeed, (TA,) inf. n. تَعْلِينٌ; (TK;) [and ↓ عَالَنْتُهُ , for] عَالَنَهُ, (K,) or [rather] عالنهُ الأَمْرَ, (TK,) means اعلن إِِلَيْهِ الأَمْرَ [He laid open, &c., to him, the affair, or case, or event]. (K.) ― -b2- Hence, أَعْلَنَتْ, occurring in a trad., as said of a woman [accused of adultery], She revealed [or confessed] the enormity, or act of adultery. (TA.) ― -b3- [And اعلن بِهِ app. signifies He made him to be, or become, publicly known: see 10; and see also أَظْهَرْتُ بِفُلَانٍ, in art. ظهر.] ― -b4- اعلن الأَمْرُ The affair, or case, or event, was, or became, notorious; or commonly, or publicly, known; syn. اِشْتَهَرَ. (TA. [Compare 1.]) ― -b5- See also 3, first sentence.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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