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`urf (v.n. fr. اعتراف ě`tirāf, 'acknowledging,' etc., inf. n. of viii of عرف 'to know,' etc.), s.m. Acknowledgment, confession;—goodness; merit; gentleness, lenity; beneficence, favour, kindness, bounty;—(more commonly) the commonly known or received language, common parlance;—adj. Commonly called, commonly known (by the name of, or as), alias;—proper, equitable, just.
Origin: Arabic