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5 تفصّح ذ (tropical:) He affected (تَكَلَّفَ) the faculty, or quality, of فَصَاحَة [q. v.] (S, A, TA) فِى كَلَامِهِ [in his speech]; as also ↓ تفاصح : (S:) or he made use of the faculty of فَصَاحَة: or, as some say, [but accord. to general analogy, this signification seems to belong more properly to ↓ تفاصح ,] he affected a resemblance to those endowed with that faculty; [or made a show of فصاحة;] like تَحَلَّمَ as meaning “ he made a show of الحِلْم ” [i. e. “ forbearance, ” &c.; in which sense تَحَالَمَ is more commonly used]. (TA.) See also 1, latter part.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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