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استصبى

Root: صبو

Form: 10

Full Definition

استصبىX , as stated by Freytag, is expl. by Reiske as signifying Pueriliter se et proterve gessit:

def.2 and by Jac. Schultens as signifying Pro puero habuit. But the usage of this verb in any sense is app. post-classical.]
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