استسعى

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استسعىX فِى قِيمَتِهِ He required of the slave that he should labour to earn the means of releasing himself: or he imposed upon the slave work by means of which he should pay for himself, when he had been emancipated in part, in order to his completing his emancipation: and سِعَايَةٌ signifies the work so imposed.
2 And استسعاهُ He employed him as collector of the poor-rate. [See also 4.]

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