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استحارهُ

Root: حور

Form: 10

Full Definition

استحارهُX He desired him to speak [or to return an answer or a reply; he interrogated him]. And استحار الدَّارَ He desired the house to speak [to him; he interrogated the house; as a lover does in addressing the house in which the object of his love has dwelt].
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