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2 فَرَّغْتُهُ ذ I made it empty, vacant, void, devoid, destitute, or unoccupied; as also ↓ أَفْرَغْتُهُ . (Msb.) تَفْرِيغُ الظُّرُوفِ signifies The making the receptacles empty. (S, O, K.) And some read [in the Kur xxxiv. 22], حَتَّى إِِذَا فُرِّغَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ, (O, TA,) expl. as meaning Until, when their hearts shall be made void of fear, or fright: or, accord. to IJ, فُرِّغَ and فُزِّعَ and ا@فْرَنْقَعَ [which are all mentioned as readings in the same passage] have one meaning. (TA. [See 2 in art. فزع.]) ― -b2- [Hence one says, فرّغهُ لِكَذَا He made him to be, or become, or he left him, vacant from, devoid of, or free from, business, occupation, or employment; or made him to be unoccupied, unemployed, or at leisure; so that he might apply himself exclusively to such a thing.] ― -b3- See also the next paragraph.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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