استعوى
Root: عو
Form: 10
Full Definition
2 And اِسْتَعْوَاهُمْ He sought, or demanded, of them, aid, or succour: or, accord. to the S, it means نَعَقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى الفِتْنَةِ [he urged them by clamour, or shouting, to conflict and faction, or the like]: (TA: [in one of my copies of the S, for إِذَا نَعَقَ بِهِمْ, the reading followed in the JM and PS as well as in the TA, I find اذا يُغْوِيهِمْ, which is app. a mistranscription: see also عَوَى إِلَى الفِتْنَةِ:]) accord. to Z, it means he desired, or demanded, of them, that they should cry, or cry loudly, behind him.
def.2 اِسْتَعْوَيْتُهُ I desired, or demanded, of him, that he should twist hair, or a rope.
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