المؤول: لفظ ترجح بعض معانيه بغالب الرأي، كترجيح معنى الحيض من القرء عند الأحناف.
A muʾawwal is an expression for which one of its meanings has been preferred through preponderant opinion, as with the Hanafi preference for menstruation as the meaning of qurʾ.
A meaning has become rājiḥ, or stronger, without necessarily eliminating every possibility of the other sense. The preference is sufficient to guide interpretation and practice on the basis explained by the source.