ابتهر

He arrogated to himself, or professed, a thing falsely. (S, K.) El-Akhtal says,

وَمَا بِى إِنْ مَدَحْتُهُمُ ابْتِهَارُ

And there is not in me, if I praise them, false profession: (S:) or ابتهر signifies he said what was false, and swore to it. (TA.)

He said that he had transgressed, or acted vitiously, or committed adultery or fornication, when he had not done so. (K.) And ابتهر بِذَنْبٍ He asserted himself to have committed a crime, or sin, when he had not done so. (TA, from a tradition)

ابتهرها He asserted falsely that he had had sexual intercourse with her: (M, TA:) ابتارها signifies “ he asserted the same with truth: ” (TA:) or ابتهر signifies he charged, or upbraided, a person with that which was in him; (K, TA;) and ابتار, “ he charged, or upbraided, with that which was not in him. ” (TA.) See an example voce بَارَ in article بور.

Also He (a poet) mentioned her (a girl) in his poetry. (JK.) اُبْتُهِرَ بِفُلَانَةَ He became, or was rendered, notorious, or infamous, on account of such a woman [with whom he was said to have had an illicit connexion]. (S, K.)