سوّفهُ

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سوّفهُII , or سوّف بِهِ, Verbal.Noun تَسْوِيفٌ, He said to him time after time سَوْفَ أَفْعَلُ [I will do such a thing]; derived from the particle سَوْفَ: and hence, he delayed, or deferred, with him; or put him off with promises; syn. مَطَلَهُ; saying سَوْفَ أَفْعَلُ; or promising to be faithful to his engagement; mostly used in relation to a promise that is not to be fulfilled; as is said by Ibn-Abi1-Hadeed: and ساوفهُ signifies [the same, as is implied in the M, being syn. with] مَاطِلَهُ: see an ex. in a verse cited voce سَوْفَ, last sentence. التَّسْوِيفُ is [also expl. as] Syn. with التَّأْخِيرُ [app. as meaning the postponing, putting off, delaying, or deferring, anything]. [And it is implied in art. عظب of the TA that it is Syn. with التَّمْرِينُ and التَّصْبِيرُ: so that you say, سوّفهُ عَلَيْهِ, meaning He inured, or accustomed, him to it; and made him to endure it with patience: see سَافَ عَلَيْهِ, above.]
2 You say also, سَوَّفْتُهُ أَمْرِى, meaning I made him to have the ordering and deciding of my affair, or case, to do what he would: and so سَوَّمْتُهُ.

def.2 See also 1, first sentence.

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