ورب

3 وارب ذ , inf. n. مُوَارَبَةٌ He strove to outwit, deceive, beguile, or circumvent [another]: syn. دَاهَى and خَاتَلَ. (K.) Accord. to IAth, it is from الوَرَبُ “ the being corrupt: ” or it may be from الارب “ intelligence, &c.; ” the أ being changed into و. The latter is the opinion of AM. (L.) ― -b2- One of the sages says, مُوَارَبَةُ الأَرِيبِ جَهْلٌ وَعَنَاءٌ [ The striving to outwit the cunning, or intelligent, or sagacious, is ignorance and labour without profit ]. (TA.) [See art. أرب, where this saying, but with مؤاربة in the place of مواربة, is given as a trad.] ― -b3- It is said in a trad., اـِنْ بَايَعْتَهُمْ وَارَبُوكَ, i. e., خَادَعُوكَ, If thou buy and sell with them, they will deceive thee, or endeavour to deceive the. (IAth.)