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4 أَطْلَعَ see 1, former half, in five places. ― -b2- اطلعت النَّخْلَةُ signifies also (assumed tropical:) The palm-tree became tall. (Msb.) ― -b3- And اطلع, also, (tropical:) He made his arrow to pass above the butt. (S, O, K, TA.) ― -b4- And (tropical:) He vomited. (S, O, K, TA.) ― -b5- And اطلعت السَّمَآءُ i. q. أَقْلَعَت [i. e. (assumed tropical:) The rain cleared away]. (TA.) ― -b6- اطلع followed by عَلَى: see 1, latter half: ― -b7- and see also 8. ― -b8- And اطلع as syn. with أَشْرَفَ: see 8, in two places. -A2- اطلع رَأْسَهُ (assumed tropical:) [He raised his head, looking at a thing; or] he looked at a thing from above; syn. أَشْرَفَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ. (TA.) ― -b2- اطلعهُ عَلَى كَذَا (assumed tropical:) He made him acquainted with such a thing; acquainted him with it, or made him to know it. (Msb.) إِِطْلَاعٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) The making to know, and to see. (KL.) For an ex. [of the latter meaning], in the pass. form of the verb, see 8. You say, اطلعهُ عَلَى سِرِّهِ, (S, O, K, TA,) (tropical:) He made him to know, (TA,) or revealed, or showed, to him, (O, K, TA,) his secret. (O, K, TA.) [See also 8, last sentence.] And بِحَقِيقَةِ الأَمْرِ ↓ أَنَا أُطَالِعُكَ means أُطْلِعُكَ عَلَيْهِ (tropical:) [I will acquaint thee with the truth of the case]. (TA.) And similar to this is the saying, بِكُتُبِكَ ↓ طَالِعْنِى (TA [and a similar phrase is mentioned without explanation in the S]) [meaning (assumed tropical:) Acquaint thou me with thy letters: and also, by means of thy letters; for] one of the meanings of مُطَالَعَةٌ is The making one to know a thing by writing. (KL.) [And in like manner,] one says also, بِالحَالِ ↓ طالع , (O, K,) inf. n. مُطَالَعَةٌ and طِلَاعٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He showed, exhibited, or manifested, the case. (O, K.) ― -b3- You say also, اطلع إِِلَيْهِ مَعْرُوفًا (assumed tropical:) He did to him, or conferred upon him, a benefit, benefaction, or favour. (O, K.) ― -b4- And اطلع فُلَانًا (assumed tropical:) He made such a one to hasten, or be quick. (O, K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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