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4 آثَرَ see 2, last sentence. -A2- [Hence, app.,] آثرهُ, (As, T, M, Msb,) inf. n. إِِيثَارٌ, (As, T,) He preferred him, or it. (As, T, M, Msb, TA.) You say, آثرهُ عَلَيْهِ He preferred him before him: so in the Kur xii. 91. (As, M.) And آثَرْتُ فُلاَنًا عَلَى نَفْسِى[I preferred such a one before myself], from الإِِيثَار. (S.) And قَدْ آثَرْتُكَ I have preferred for thee it; I have preferred to give thee it, rather than any other thing. (T.) And آثَرَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا He preferred doing such a thing; as also ↓ أَثِرَ , inf. n. أَثَرٌ; and أَثَرَ. (M.) -A3- آثرalso signifies He chose, or elected, or selected. (K.) -A4- And آثِرهُ He honoured him; paid him honour. (M, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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