, (S, Msb,) verbal noun مُلَاحَظَةٌ (Msb, K) and لِحَاظٌ, (S, Msb,) [i. q.لَحَظَهُ, q. v.
2.
And hence,] (tropical:) He regarded him; had regard, or an eye, to him; paid regard, or consideration, to him; he regarded it, [namely, an affair,] or attended to it; synonym رَاعَاهُ. (S, Msb, TA.)
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[And (assumed tropical:) He, or it, had a relation, or an analogy, to him, or it.]