لابس الرَّجُلَ
1.
, [verbal noun مُلَابَسَةٌ and لِبَاسٌ,] He mixed, consorted, or held social intercourse, with the man; synonym خَالَطَهُ. (M, A, Msb. *) [Hence, apparently, it is said that] اللِّبَاسُ signifies, (K,) or is from المُلَابَسَةُ, which signifies, (Ibn-'Arafeh) The mixing one's self and congregating: or the being mixed and congregated. (Ibn-'Arafeh, K.) You say, لَا بَسْتُهُ حَتَّى عَرَفْتُ دُخْلَتَهُ
I mixed with him [until I knew his mind, or inward state or circumstances]. (A.) And لَا بَسْتُهُ [alone] signifies I knew his mind, or inward state or circumstances. (S, K.)
2.
لابس الأَمْرَ, and لابس عَمَلَهُ: see 5.
3.
[مُلَابَسَةٌ often signifies A close, or an intimate, connexion between two things.] See also 8.