وضع1 وَضَعَهُ 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 إِزَآء. b12:  وَضَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ app. signifies I made the thing according to his, or its, measare. See قَدَرْتُ.2 فِى فُلَانٍ تَوْضِيعٌ: see طُرْقَةٌ.4 أَوْضَعَ See 1. b2:  مِنْ أَيْنَ أَوْضَعَ الرَّاكِبُ i. q.