استبدّ

Root: بد

Form: 10

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استبدّX He was, or became, alone; independent of others; (S, M, L, Msb, K; in the first and last expl. by تَفَرَّدَ; and in the others, by اِنْفَرَدَ;) exclusively of others; without any to share, or participate, with him; or he had none to share, or participate, with him: بِهِ [in it; i. e. he had it, or kept it, to himself, exclusively, with none to share with him in it]: and بِكَذَا [in such a thing]: and بِرَأْيِهِ [in his opinion; i. e. he followed his own opinion only, with none to agree with him; or he was singular in his opinion]: and بِأَمْرٍ [in a thing, or an affair]: and بِأَمْرِهِ [in his affair]; meaning he obtained [absolute] predominance, or control, over his affair, so that people would not hear [or obey] any other. It is said in a trad., كُنَّا نَرَي أَنَّ لَنَافِىِ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ حَقَّا فَٱسْتَبَدْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا [We used to opine that we had a right to act in this affair, and ye have been alone the actors, predominant over us]. And you say, استبدّ الأَمْرُ بِفُلَانٍ, meaning The thing, or affair, overcame such a one, so that he could not manage it well, or thoroughly.

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