verb form III ḍābaʿnāhum biālssuyūfi DaAbaEonaAhumo biAls~uyuwfi ضَابَعْنَاهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1.We stretched forth our arms towards them with the swords, they stretching theirs forth towards us [therewith]: so in the “ Nawádir ” of AA. (TA.) 2.See also 1, in the former half. 3.[The verbal noun] مُضَابَعَةٌ also signifies The joining of hands; synonym مُصَافَحَةٌ. (TA.)