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2 مَوَّهَ ذ He silvered or gilded, (S, K,) or washed over with gold or silver, (Msb,) a thing (S, Msb, K, TA) of brass (TA) or copper or iron. (S, K.) ― -b2- He [varnished or] embellished falsehood so as to give it the appearance of truth. (TA.) He falsified information, عَلَيْهِ to him, in reply to a question. (K.) ― -b3- He involved in confusion, or doubt; or practised concealment or disguise: or he concealed or disguised: (S, TA:) and he deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted. (TA.) ― -b4- He varnished, or embellished with a false colouring.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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