استنضّ

Root: نض

Form: 10

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استنضّX He sought repeatedly and perseveringly the [small quantities, or remains, termed] ثِمَاد of water, and took of them little by little. (TA [in which, however, الثِّمَارَ is erroneously put for الثِّمَادَ].)
2 [Hence,] هُوَ يَسْتَنِضُّ مَعْرُوفًا He seeks, or demands, bounty, or a benefit, as it were drop by drop; syn. يَسْتَقْطِرُهُ: or extracts, or elicits, it: or seeks, or demands, its accomplishment. And هُوَ يَسْتَنِضُّ حَقَّهُ, or حقّه, He seeks, or demands, the accomplishment of his right, or due, and takes, or receives, part after part, مِنْ فُلَانٍ from such a one: or extracts, or elicits, it, part after part. And مَنْهُ حَقِّى [in one copy of the K ] I took, or exacted, or received, fully, or wholly, from him, my right, or due, part after part: [as also تَنَضَّضْتُهُ مِنْه.] And الحَاجَةُ [in one copy of the K ] A I sought, or demanded, the accomplishment of the want.

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