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1 مَنَعَ ذ He prevented, hindered, held back, [impeded, withheld, arrested, restrained, kept, debarred, precluded, inhibited, forbade, prohibited, interdicted:] (MA, KL, &c.:) he denied, or refused; doubly trans.; (S, K, &c.:) مَنْعٌ is the contr. of إِِعْطَآءٌ. (S, Mgh, K.) ― -b2- مَنَعَهُ [He protected it, or defended it, or guarded it, (namely a place or the like) from, or against, encroachment, invasion, or attack:] he protected, defended, or guarded, him. (T in art. ذب.) ― -b3- مَنَعَهُ العَطِيَّةُ [He refused him the gift]. (TA in art. حرم.) ― -b4- مَنَعَهُ الشَّىْءَ i. q. حَرَمَهُ إِِيَّاهُ [q. v.] (S in art. حرم.) ― -b5- مَنُعَ الشَّىْءُ, inf. n. مَنَاعَةٌ, i. q. اِعْتَزَّ and تَعَسَّرَ. (TA.) See 8. ― -b6- مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ (Kur vii. 11): see أَبَى.

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