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رَوِيْئَةٌ ذ , or, as some say, only رَوِيَّةٌ, without '; (M;) the latter was the usual form, without '; (S, Msb;) or each; (K;) a subst. from رَوَّأَ فِى; الأَمْرِ; (S, K;) meaning Inspection, examination, consideration, or thought; (S, * M, Msb, K; *) and repeated inspection or examination or consideration; (M, * Msb, K, * TA;) or consideration of the issues, or results, of an affair; (Msb;) without haste to reply. (S, * K, * TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ رَوِيَّةٌ [Such a one has no inspection, &c.]. (T.) It precedes what is termed عَزِيمَةٌ [i. e. resolution, or determination, &c.], and follows what is termed بَدِيهَةٌ [i. e. intuitive knowledge, &c.]: one has well said, “ بَدِيهَتُهُ تَحُلُّ عُرَى المَعَانِى
إِِذَا ا@نْغَلَقَتْ فَتَكْفِيهِ الرَّوِيَّهْ
” [His intuitive knowledge undoes the loops of meanings when they are fast closed, and inspection suffices him]. (Har p. 8.) [See also رَوِيَّةٌ in art. روى.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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