اِسْتَشْفَعْتُهُ
Root: شفع
Form: 10
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اِسْتَشْفَعْتُهُX
I asked him to make intercession for me (أَنْ يَشْفَعَ لِى) to such a one. And اِسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِهِ
I sought, or demanded, intercession (الشَّفَاعَةَ) [by means of him]. A poet, cited by Aboo-Leylà, says,
i. e. Companies of men asserted me to be seeking intercession (زَعَمُوا أَنِى أَسْتَشْفِعُ) for the object of eulogy, [when I went forth repairing to visit him,] by means of their writing-reeds (بِأَقْلَامِهِمْ), meaning by their letters (بِكُتُبِهِمْ).زَعَمَتْ مَعَاشِرُ أَنَّنِى مُسْتَشْفِعٌ لَمَّا خَرَجْتُ أَزُورُهُ أَقْلَامَهَا
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