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إِسْتَضْيَفَ

Root: ضيف

Form: 10

Full Definition

إِسْتَضْيَفَX see 1, last sentence.
2 You say also اِسْتَضَافَنِى, meaning He desired me, or asked me, to grant him protection, or refuge. And استضاف فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ Such a one had recourse, or betook himself, to such a one for protection, or refuge.
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