مَكَرَ

1 makara * , aor. makura , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. makorN ; (S, A, Msb, K;) and ↓ Amkr ; (Msb;) He practised deceit, guile, or circumvention; or he practised deceit, guile, or circumvention, desiring to do to another a foul, an abominable, or an evil, action, clandestinely, or without his knowing whence it proceeded; syn. xadaEa ; (Msb;) and of the inf. n. xadiyEapN : (S, A, K:) he practised an evasion or elusion, a shift, an artifice, or artful contrivance or device, a machination, a trick, a plot, a stratagem, or an expedient; he plotted; or he exercised art, craft, cunning, or skill, in the management or ordering of affairs, with excel-lent consideration or deliberation, and ability to manage according to his own free will; syn. of the inf. n. A_iHotiyaAlN : (S, TA:) or to this explanation, conveyed by AHtyAl as the syn. of the inf. n., should be added secretly, or privately: (Lth, TA:) makorN is praised or dispraised according to the nature of its object. (El-Basáir.) [For further explanation, see what follows.] ― -b2- It is trans. by means of bi : and also, accord. to Z, by itself: (MF:) [but I know not any instance of its being trans. by itself: except as meaning he plotted a thing: see makora Als~ay~iy^ in the Kur, xxxv. 41, cited voce say~iy^N :] you say makara bihi , (S, A, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (S, TA,) meaning, He deceived, beguiled, or circumvented, him; or he deceived, beguiled, or circumvented, him, and desired to do him a foul, an abominable, or an evil, action, clandestinely, or without his knowing whence it proceeded: &c.: (S, A, TA:) syn. kaAdahu : or it differs [somewhat] from kAdh , accord. to Aboo-Hilál El-'Askeree: (TA:) some say, that mkr bh signifies as above with the addition of feigning the contrary of his real intentions; which kAdh does not imply: or this latter signifies “ he did him harm, ” or “ mischief; ” and the former, he did him harm, or mischief, clandestinely. (MF, voce kAd .) See art. xdE . ― -b3- makara also signifies He managed with thought, or consideration, or acted with policy, and practised stratagem, in war. (TA.) ― -b4- makara A@ll~`hu and ↓ A^amokara are syn., (IKtt, Msb,) signifying, (tropical:) God recompensed, or requited, for makor [or the practising deceit, &c.]: (Lth, * Msb, TA: *) or makoru A@ll~`hi signifies God's granting a man respite or delay, and enabling him to accomplish his worldly aims [ so as to bring upon himself the punishment due to his evil actions ]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or, accord. to IAth, God's causing his trials to befall his enemies, exclusively of his friends: or his taking men by little and little, so that they do not reckon upon it, bestowing upon them renewed favours for acts of obedience which are imagined to be accepted whereas they are rejected. (TA.)