Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استبصر

Root: بصر

Form: 10

Full Definition

استبصرX [He sought, or endeavoured, to see, or to perceive mentally]. You say, استبصر فِى رَأْيِهِ: see 5, last sentence.
2 He had, or was endowed with, [mental perception, or] knowledge, [or understanding, intelligence, or skill: as in the phrase,] استبصر فِى شَىْءٍ [He had a mental perception, or knowledge, &c., of, or in relation to, a thing]. [See مُسْتَبْصِرٌ.]

def.2 It was, or became, plain, clear, manifest, or conspicuous; as also .


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