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مَكَّنَهُ
He gave him a place: (Jel, vi. 6:) he
assigned him a place, and settled, or established,
him. (Bd, ibid, where see more.) You say also,
مَكَّنَ لَهُ فِى مَنْزِلٍ [He assigned, or gave, him a
place in an abode]. (S in art. بوأ.) ―
2-b2- مَكَّنَهُ
مِنْ شَىْءٍ, and ↓ أَمْكَنَهُ, He made him to have
mastery, or dominion, or ascendancy, or authority, and power, over a thing; (Msb;) put it
in his power. ―
2-b3- مَكَّنَهُ مِنَ الشَّىْءِ, and أَمْكَنَ ↓ مِنْهُ,
He empowered him, enabled him, or rendered
him able, to do the thing: he enabled him to have
the thing within his power. Ex. أَمْكَنَ ↓ يَدَيْهِ
مِنْ رُكْبَتَيْهِ
He enabled his hands to take and
grasp his knees. from a trad. (Mgh.)