معول doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 5 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.

• مَعُولٌ

  مَعُولٌ ذ [Fed, nourished, or sustained: &c. -A2- And] Overcome: applied in this sense to patience: (K:) and to a man, in respect of his opinion, or judgment. (TA.)…

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• مُعْوَلٌ

  مُعْوَلٌ ذ , followed by عَلَيْهِ, Wailed for: thus in the trad., المُعْوَلُ عَلَيْهِ يُعَذَّبُ, (S, O,) or, as some relate it, ; i. e. He (of the dead) who is wailed for will be punished. (O.)…

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• مُعْوِلٌ

  مُعْوِلٌ ذ : see 2: -A2- and see also 4, last sentence.…

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• مِعْوَلٌ

  مِعْوَلٌ ذ [A pickaxe, or stone-cutter's pick; (so in the present day;)] the iron implement, (K,) a large فَأْس, (S, O, Msb,) with which are pecked, or hollowed out, (S, O, K,) rocks, or great masses of stone, (S, O,) or…

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• مُعَوَّلٌ

  مُعَوَّلٌ ذ One of whom aid, or succour, is asked: (S, O, TA:) and one upon whom reliance, or confidence is placed. (TA.) One says, مَا لَهُ فِى القَوْمِ مِنْ مُعَوَّلٍ He has not, among the people, or party, any of whom…

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