تشبّه بِهِ
1.
[He became assimilated to him, or it: and he assumed, or affected, a likeness, or resemblance, to him, or it; he imitated him, or it;] he made himself to be like, or to resemble, him, or it; (MA, KL; *) i. q.
تمثّل: (S, * TA: [in the former, this meaning is indicated, but not expressed:]) said of a man. (S.) See also 4, last sentence but one.
2.
[Hence,] تشبّه لَهُ أَنَّهُ كَذَا
It became imaged to him [in the mind, i. e. it seemed to him,] that it was so; synonym تَخَيَّلَ, (S and K * in article خيل,) and تَخَايَلَ: (S in that article:) and إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ كَذَا
شُبِّهَ [signifies the same; or] it was imaged to him [in the mind] that it was so; synonym خُيِّلَ. (PS in that article)