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جَمِيعٌ جميع In a state of collection, congregation, or union; being together; met together; [as also ↓ مُجْتَمِعٌ ;] contr. of مُتَفَرِّقٌ. (S, K.) You say قَوْمٌ جَمِيعٌ A people, or number of men, in a state of collection, &c.; being together; met together; syn. ↓ مُجْتَمِعُونَ : (TA:) and in like manner, ↓ إِِبِلٌ جَمَّاعَةٌ Camels in a state of collection; &c. (TA.) ― -b2- [All, or the whole, of any things or thing.] See أَجْمَعُ, last sentence. ― -b3- [As an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] A tribe [or any number of men] in a state of collection, congregation, or union; being together; met together; syn. ↓ حَىٌّ مُجْتَمِعٌ . (S, K.) See also جَمْعٌ, in four places. ― -b4- A man compact, or compressed, or contracted, in make, or frame: (الخَلْقِ ↓ مُجْتَمِعُ ;) strong; who has not become decrepit nor infirm. (TA.) ― -b5- رَجُلٌ جَمِيعٌ اللَّأْمَةِ A man having his arms, or weapons, collected together. (TA.) ― -b6- رَجُلٌ جَمِيعُ الرَّأْىِ, and ↓ مُجْتَمِعُهُ , A man of right, not disordered or unsettled, opinion, or judgment, or counsel. (TA.) ― -b7- جَعَلَ الأَمْرَ جَمِيعًا بَعْدَ تَفَرُّقِهِ (AHeyth, K) He determined, resolved, or decided, upon the affair, so as to make it firmly settled, [after it had been unsettled in his mind, or] after considering what might be its issues, or results, and saying at one time, I will do thus, and at another time, I will do thus. (AHeyth.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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