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مُضَاهَأَةٌ is syn. with مُضَاهَاةٌ , (K, TA, [the و before المُضاهاةُ in the CK should be erased,]) i. q. مُشَاكَلَةٌ : (S, O, Msb, TA:) you say, ضَاهَأْتُهُ and ضَاهَيْتُهُ , ('Eyn, S, * O, * Msb, * TA,) i. e. I resembled him; syn. شَابَهْتُهُ : ('Eyn, TA:) [or I conformed with him:] or ضَاهَأَهُ , inf. n. as above, signifies he imitated him; syn. عَارَضَهُ and بَارَاهُ ; and one says also, ضَاهَيْتُهُ , inf. n. مُضَاهَاةٌ : (Msb:) the verb is read both with and without ء in the Kur [ix. 30]. (O, Msb, TA.) ― -b2- ضَاهَا بِهِ , (A 'Obeyd, TA,) [or ضَاهَأَهُ , like ضَاهَاهُ , mentioned in art. ضهى ,] inf. n. as above, (K,) He (a man) was, or became, gentle, tender, or courteous, or he acted, or behaved, gently, &c., with him, or to him. (A 'Obeyd, K, * TA.)