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2 قوّضهُ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَقْوِيضٌ, (Msb, K,) He demolished it; destroyed it; threw it down; namely a building; as also ↓ قَاضَهُ , (K,) aor. يَقُوضُ, inf. n. قَوْضٌ: (TA:) or he took it to pieces, without demolishing or destroying or throwing down; (S, A, Msb, K;) namely a building, (S, A, Msb,) and a tent. (A:) or he pulled up, or out, its poles, or pieces of wood, and its tentropes: (IDrd, K:) or he pulled it up, and removed it; namely a tent. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] قوّض الصُّفُوفَ, and المَجَالِسَ, (A, TA,) (tropical:) He separated, or dispersed, the ranks, and the assemblies. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] بَنَى فُلَانٌ ثُمَّ قَوَّضَ [lit. Such a one built, then demolished, or took to pieces]; i. e. (tropical:) did well, then did ill. (A, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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