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2 أخّر ذ , (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. تَأْخِيرٌ, (K,) is trans. (S, K, &c.) and intrans.: (K:) as a trans. verb it signifies He made to go back or backwards, to recede, retreat, retire, or retrograde: he put, or drove, back: he put, or placed, behind, or after; back, or backward: he made to be behind, or posterior, or last: he made to remain behind, hold back, hang back, or lag behind: he kept, or held, back: he postponed, put off, procrastinated, deferred, delayed, or retarded: he made backward, or late: contr. of قَدَّمَ. (Msb, TA.) ― -b2- أَخَّرَنِى إِِلَى مُدَّةٍ He granted me a delay, or postponement, to a certain term, or period. (TA in art. اجل.) -A2- For its significations as an intrans. verb, see 5, in two places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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