1 نَشَرَ ذ , (S, A, Msb,) aor. نَشُرَ , (S, TA,) inf. n. نَشْرٌ , (S, A, Msb, K,) He spread, spread out, or open, expanded, or unfolded, (S, TA,) a garment or piece of cloth (A, Msb, TA) or the like, (TA,) goods, &c., (S,) and a writing; (A;) contr. of طَوَى ; (A, K;) as also , inf. n. تَنْشِيرٌ : (K, TA:) [or the latter is with teshdeed to denote muchness, or frequency, or repetition, of the action, or its application to many objects, as is shown by an explanation of its act. part. n., which see below. Hence لَفٌّ وَنَشْرٌ : see art. لف .] -b2- [ He spread out, or, as we say, pricked up, his ears: and hence the saying,] نَشَرَ لِذٰلِكَ الأَمْرِ أُذُنَيْهِ , lit., He spread out his ears at that thing: meaning, (tropical:) he was covetous of that thing, or eager for it. (Har. p. 206.) [See نَاشِرٌ , below.] -b3- نَشَرَ الخَبَرَ , (S, A, K,) aor. نَشُرَ and نَشِرَ , (S, K,) inf. n. نَشْرٌ , (K,) (tropical:) He spread, or published, the news. (S, A, K.) -b4- Also نَشَرَ , aor. نَشُرَ , (Msb,) inf. n. نَشْرٌ ; (Msb, K;) [and , or this is with teshdeed for the purpose mentioned above;] He scattered, or dispersed, (Msb, K, TA,) [people, &c.; or] sheep or goats, (Msb, TA,) and camels, (TA,) after confining them in the nightly resting-place. (Msb.) -b5- He sprinkled water. (A.) -b6- نَشَرَتِ الرِّيحُ The wind blew in a misty or cloudy day [ so as to disperse the mist or clouds ]. (IAar, K.) -b7- نَشَرَ عَنْهُ , (A, K,) inf. n. نَشْرٌ ; (A;) and عَنْهُ , (A, L, TA,) inf. n. تَنْشِيرٌ ; (S, A, L, TA;) and in like manner ; (S, TA;) (tropical:) He charmed away from him sickness, (S, * A, L, K, *) and diabolical possession, or madness, (L, K,) by a نُشْرَة , i. e., a charm, or an amulet; (S, A, L, K;) as though he dispersed it from him: (A:) and in like manner he wrote for him a نُشْرَة . (S.) El-Kilábee says, فَإِذَا نُشِرَ المَسْفُوعُ كَانَ كَأَنَّمَا أُنْشِطَ مِنْ عِقَالٍ (tropical:) [ And when he who is smitten by the evil eye is charmed by a نُشْرَة , he is as though he wer

2 نَشَّرَ see 1, in five places, throughout the former half of the paragraph.

3 ناشرهُ الثِّيَابَ ذ [ He spread, or unfolded, with him the garments or pieces of cloth ]. (A.)

4 أَنْشَرَ see 1, after the middle of the paragraph.

5 تَنَشَّرَ see 8, in two places.