عنس

2 عَنَّسَتْ ذ and عُنِّسَتْ , inf. n. تَعْنِيسٌ: see 1, in seven places. -A2- عَنَّسَهَا أَهْلُهَا, (inf. n. as above, K,) Her family restrained her (namely a girl or woman) from marriage (Lth, A, Mgh, * Msb) until she was of middle age; (A, Mgh; *) or until she had passed the period of youthfulness but had not yet become aged; (TA;) or long after she had attained to puberty, until she had ceased to be reckoned among virgins. (S, O, Msb, K.)