استفسد
Root: فسد
Form: 10
Full Definition
استفسدX
contr. of
اِسْتَصْلَحَ. [Hence, He regarded, or esteemed, a thing, or man, as bad, evil, corrupt, unsound, wrong, wrongful, improper, unrighteous, wicked, vitious, depraved, or dishonest; &c.: see 1.
2 And] He wished, or desired, [a thing, or man,] to be bad, evil, corrupt, &c.
3 [And He sought to render bad, evil, corrupt, &c.
4 And hence, He treated in such a manner as to render disaffected, or rebellious.] One says, الأَمِيرُ يَسْتَفْسِدُ رَعِيَّتَهُ [The prince, or governor, treats his subjects in such a manner as to render them disaffected, or rebel-lious]. And استفسدالسُّلْطَانُ قَائِدَهُ The Sultán provoked the leader of his forces to rebel-lion by his evil conduct to him.
5 [And He sought to act in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner; to act ill, corruptly, wrongly, wrongfully, improperly, unrighteously, or dishonestly.] One says, استفسد فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ [Such a one sought to act in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner, or to act ill, &c., to such a one].
6 [And He sought discord, or dissension.
7 And It happened in a bad, or an evil, manner.]
8 See also 1.
2 And] He wished, or desired, [a thing, or man,] to be bad, evil, corrupt, &c.
3 [And He sought to render bad, evil, corrupt, &c.
4 And hence, He treated in such a manner as to render disaffected, or rebellious.] One says, الأَمِيرُ يَسْتَفْسِدُ رَعِيَّتَهُ [The prince, or governor, treats his subjects in such a manner as to render them disaffected, or rebel-lious]. And استفسدالسُّلْطَانُ قَائِدَهُ The Sultán provoked the leader of his forces to rebel-lion by his evil conduct to him.
5 [And He sought to act in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner; to act ill, corruptly, wrongly, wrongfully, improperly, unrighteously, or dishonestly.] One says, استفسد فُلَانٌ إِلَى فُلَانٍ [Such a one sought to act in a bad, an evil, or a corrupt, manner, or to act ill, &c., to such a one].
6 [And He sought discord, or dissension.
7 And It happened in a bad, or an evil, manner.]
8 See also 1.
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