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3 غَاْمَسَ [غامسهُ, inf. n. مُغَامَسَةٌ, He vied, or contended, with him in plunging, or diving, in water:] مُغَامَسَةٌ is syn. with مُمَاقَلَةٌ. (S, TA.) ― -b2- مُغَامَسَةٌ also signifies (tropical:) The throwing one's self into the midst of war or fight. (S, TA,) or of an affair or a great affair or an affliction: (TA:) and the mixing, or engaging, in fight or conflict. (TA.) You say, غَامَسَ فِى القِتَالِ (tropical:) He plunged, or threw himself, into the midst of fight or conflict; or he rushed headlong into it. (TA.) And غَامَسَهُمْ (tropical:) He mixed, or engaged, with them in fight or conflict. (TA). [See also مُغَامِسٌ].
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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