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استغشّهُ

Root: غش

Form: 10

Full Definition

استغشّهُX and He reckoned him, or deemed him, dishonest, or insincere, in action, or advice or counsel; contr. of اِسْتَنْصَحَهُ and اِنْتَصَحَهُ; or, [which means the same,] i. q. عَدَّهُ غَاشًّا: or he imagined in him dishonest, or insincere, conduct, or advice or counsel; dissimulation; or the pretending the contrary of what he conceived in his mind. A poet says, أَيَا رُبَّ مَنْ لَكَ نَاصِحٌ وَمُسْتَنْصَحٍ بِالْغَيْبِ غَيْرُ أَمِينِ [O man, many a one whom thou reckonest dishonest in action, or advice, is honest therein to thee; and one who is reckoned honest in action, or advice, in that which is beyond the reach of perception, is not faithful].
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