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2 حصّنهُ حاص حصان حصن حصنه حصننه حصنة , [inf. n. تَحْصِينٌ;] and ↓ احصنهُ ; He made it, or rendered it, inaccessible, or unapproachable, or difficult of access; (Msb, K;) he made it, or rendered it, unattainable, by reason of its height; (Msb;) he fortified it, or protected it against attack, so that one could not gain access to what was within it; (Mgh;) namely, a place. (Mgh, Msb.) حَصَّنْتُ القَرْيَةَ I built a wall around the town, or village. (S.) ― -b2- For the former verb, see also 4. -A2- And see 5.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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