maṣdarتَوْرِيَةٌ
Core sense — he alluded to a thing ambiguously; he meant one thing and pretended anothergenerated
2.1
[He pretended a thing instead of the thing that he meant, as the explanation of a tradition shows.]
Given under art. عرض, except that the maṣdar is mentioned there instead of the past tense.
2.1.1he alluded to such a thing ambiguously; he meant one thing and pretended another—وَرَّى عَنْ كَذَا
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التورية is also called الإِيهَامُ, التَّوْجِيهُ and التَّخْيِيلُ: the use of a word or phrase that has an obvious meaning while another meaning is intended by it, one which the wording admits but which is contrary to the obvious one.
See مِعْرَاضٌ.
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[He pretended, or made believe, a thing, instead of a thing which he meant: as is shown by the explanation of a trad. in the TA]. (S, art. عرض ; save that the inf. n. is there mentioned instead of the pret.) وَرَّى عَنْ كَذَا , inf. n. تَوْرِيَةٌ , He alluded to such a thing equivocally, or ambiguously: equivocated respecting it: he meant such a thing and pretended another. (M, K.) التورية is also called الإِيهَامُ and التَّوْجِيهُ and التَّخْيِيلُ : (Kull, p. 113:) and signifies The using a word, an expression, or a phrase, which has an obvious meaning, and intending thereby another meaning, to which it applies, but which is contrary to the obvious one. (Msb.) See مِعْرَاضٌ . See 4.