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ائتسى

Root: اسو

Form: 8

Full Definition

ائتسىVIII [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَسَى] He imitated him; followed his example; did as he did, following his example, or taking him as an example, an exemplar, a pattern, or an object of imitation; he took example by him; as also تأسّى بِهِ: he made him an object of imitation (إِسْوَة) [to himself]. One says لَا تَأْتَسِ بِمَنْ, لَيْسَ لَكَ بِإِسْوَةٍ Do not thou imitate him who is not for thee a [fit] object of imitation.


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