وضع

1 وَضَعَهُ ذ He put it, or laid it, (KL, * PS,) in, or on, a place: (PS:) he put it, or threw it, down from his hand: (TA:) contr. of رَفَعَه: (Mgh:) syn. حَطَّهُ: (K, * TA, in art. حط:) but it has a more general sense than this last. (Er-Rághib, Kull.) ― -b2- وَضَعَ He put down a thing: contr. of رَفَعَ. (K, voce نَصَبَ.) ― -b3- وَضَعَتْ She brought forth. ― -b4- وَضَعَ لَهُ He appointed to him, or for him, a sign, or token, &c.: see Msb in art. علم. ― -b5- وَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ He imposed upon him a fine, or tax, &c. ― -b6- وَضَعَ He remitted a tax or the like; did not exact it. (Mgh, Msb, in art. جوح.) ― -b7- وَضَعُوا الحَرْبَ (assumed tropical:) [ They gave over, or relinquished, war; ] they made peace; opposed to رَفَعُوهَا. (Ham, pp. 179 and 180.) ― -b8- وَضَعَ مِنْهُ, (S,) or عَنْهُ, (K,) He lowered his grade, rank, condition, (S, K,) or estimation. (K.) ― -b9- وُضِعَ فِى تِجَارَتِهِ He lost, or suffered loss or diminution, in his traffic; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) did not gain in it; (Mgh;) as also ↓ أُوْضِعَ. (Mgh.) ― -b10- وَضَعَ He forged (a word:) he forged (poetry, على in the name of). (Mz, 8th نوع.) ― -b11- وَضَعَ لَفْظًا لِشَىْءٍ He applied or assigned or appropriated a word, or phrase, to denote, or signify, a thing. (Kull, 371, &c.) See also اـِزَاآء. ― -b12- وَضَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ app. signifies I made the thing according to his, or its, measare. See قَدَرْتُ.