م • ح • و

He effaced, erased, rased, obliterated, or cancelled, it; removed, or did away with, its impression or trace. (K.) مَحَتِ الرِّيحُ عَنْهُ الأَسْقَامَ وَالدُّنُوبَ The wind made to pass away, or dispelled, the clouds. (TA.) مَحَا الصُّبْحُ اللَّيْلَ Daybreak dispelled the night. (TA.) مَحَااللّٰهُ عَنْهُ الأَسْقَامَ وَالدُّنُوبَ [God removed from him diseases and sins; as though He cancelled them]. (Msb in art. عفو.) الإِحْسَانُ يَمْحُو الإِسَاءَةَ Beneficence effaces, obliterates, or cancels, evil conduct. (TA)