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تَوَسَّمْتُ فِيهِ الخَبْرَ i. q. تَفَرَّسْتُهُ ; (S;) [I discovered, or perceived, in him good, or goodness, by right opinion formed from its outward signs;] originally, I knew its real existence in him by its outward sign. (MF.) See also Har, pp. 30, 46, 76. ― -b2- تَوَسَّمَ He examined deliberately in order to know the real state or character of a thing by the external sign thereof. (Bd, xv. 75.) ― -b3- He perceived a thing by forming a correct opinion from its outward signs. (TK.)

سِمَةٌ A brand, or mark or figure made with a hot iron, upon an animal. (K.) And i. q. عَلَامَةٌ [A mark, sign, badge, token, symptom, &c.]. (Msb.) And The عُلْوَان [or title] of a book or writing. (TA in art. علو .) See also سِيمَةٌ and سِيمَى in art. سوم .

وَسِْمَةٌ [now applied to Woad]: i. q. عِظْلِمٌ , with which one tinges or dyes [the hands, &c.]: (S:) a certain plant, with the leaves of which one tinges or dyes [the hands, &c.]; and said to be the عِظْلِم : (Msb:) the leaves of the نِيل [or indigo-plant]: or a plant [of another species (TA)] with the leaves of which one tinges or dyes [the hands, &c.] (K.)

الوَسْمِىُّ : on the rain thus called, see نَوْءٌ .

مَوْسِمٌ [A periodical festival: a fair:] i. q. عِيدٌ . (Msb, art. عود .) ― -b2- مَوْسِمُ الحَاجِّ The fair, and place of meeting, of the pilgrims. (Mgh.)

مِيسَمٌ A brand, or mark made with a hot iron. (TA, voce خِدَادٌ .) ― -b2- [Originally] A branding, or cauterizing, instrument [or iron]; (S, K;) a marking instrument. (Msb.) ― -b3- An impress, or a character, of beauty. (S, K.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce أَثِمَ .