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إِسْتَنْشَاَ

Root: نشأ

Form: 10

Full Definition

إِسْتَنْشَاَX see 4.

def.2 يَسْتَنْشِئُ الرِّيحَ He scents the wind: said of a wolf: and استنشأ الأَخْبَارَ He sought, or searched after, news: in both instances, with and without ء; being derived from نَشِيتُ الرِّيحَ and رَجُلٌ نَشْيَانُ لِلْخَبَرِ: [see also مُسْتَنْشِئَة.]

def.3 إِسْتَنْشَأْتُهُ قَصِيدَةً [I requested him to compose, or, perhaps, to recite an ode, or the like].
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