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10 استقصّ ذ He sought, or demanded, retaliation, i. e., slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding. (M.) ― -b2- استقصّهُ He asked of him to retaliate for him: (S, A, Msb, K:) and ↓ اقتصّهُ signifies the same accord. to the K; but the author has been misled into saying this by misunderstanding the following passage in the O; تقصّص اثره مثل قَصَّهُ واقتصّهُ واستقصّهُ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُقِصَّهُ, in which واقتصّه terminates a clause. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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