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4 أَضْمَرَ see 2, in three places. -A2- اضمرهُ signifies also He determined, or resolved, upon it, فِى ضَمِيرِهِ in his heart, or mind. (Msb.) ― -b2- He conceived it in his heart, or mind. (MA, KL.) ― -b3- He concealed it, syn. أَسَرَّهُ, (A,) or أَخْفَاهُ, (K,) فِى قَلْبِهِ in his heart, (A,) or فى نَفْسِهِ in his mind. (S.) ― -b4- [And hence, He suppressed it, (namely a word or the like,) meaning it to be understood. ― -b5- And hence also اضمر meaning He made use of a pronoun.] ― -b6- And اضمر صَرْفَ الحَرْفِ [He suppressed the vowel of the final letter;] he made the movent [final] letter quiescent. (TA.) ― -b7- And أَضْمَرَتُهُ البِلَادُ (tropical:) The lands, or countries, hid him, by his having travelled far: (A:) and اضمرته الأَرْضُ (assumed tropical:) the earth hid him, either by reason of travel, or by death. (K, TA.) -A3- اضمر is also syn. with اِسْتَقْصَى [q. v.]. (O, K.) [Accord. to the TK, one says اضمر الشَّىْءَ meaning استقصاهُ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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