Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استذمّ

Root: ذم

Form: 10

Full Definition

استذمّX [He required blame, &c.; as though he called for it; or] he was blamed, or dispraised, &c. See also 4, second sentence.
2 And see 5, last sentence.
3 [استذمّ بِذِمَامِهِ is used by post-classical writers, and is perhaps a classical phrase, meaning He begged, or implored, his protection. See an instance in “ Abulfedæ Annales, ” vol. iii. p. 170.]


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