بَسَقَ النَّخْلُ

1.
, (aorist بَسُقَ , Msb,) verbal noun بُسُوقٌ, The palm-trees were, or became, tall, (JK, S, Msb, K,) and full-grown: (JK:) or exceedingly tall. (Msb.)
2.
بَسَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ, (verbal noun as above, TA,) (tropical:) He overcame them, excelled them, or was superior to them; (JK, S, K;) namely, his companions: (S:) he surpassed them in excellence. (TA.) And بَسَقَهُمْ He became exalted above them in fame, or renown. (TA, from a tradition)
3.
بَسَقَ فِى عِلْمِهِ He was, or became, skilled in his science, knowing its abstrusities and niceties, or having learned the whole of it. (Msb.)
4.
بَسَقَ, (JK, S, &c.,) [aorist بَسُقَ ,] verbal noun بَسْقٌ, (S, TA,) or بُسَاقٌ, (Msb,) [but see the latter below,] i. q. بَصَقَ (JK, S, * Msb, K) and بَزَقَ (TA) [He spat]: but some, as on the authority of Kh, disallow it, saying that it has no other signification than that of excessive tallness, as in the case of a palm-tree: (Msb:) or the second of these verbs is the most chaste; the first and last being of weak authority, or rare. (TA.)
5.
بَسَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ i. q. بَزَقَت [and بَزَغَت, i. e. The sun rose]. (TA.)

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