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اندسّ

Root: دس

Form: 7

Full Definition

اندسّVII [He, or it, became hidden, or concealed, in the earth or dust, or beneath a thing: he, or it, hid, or concealed, himself, or itself, in the earth &c.:] he, or it, became buried: he, or it, buried himself, or itself: or it became put in, or inserted, or it put in, or inserted, itself, beneath.
2 [Hence,] اندسّ فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ يَأْتِيهِ بِالنَّمَائِمِ [Such a one came secretly to such a one, bringing him calumnies]: or اندسّ الى فلان means he came to such a one with calumnies.
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