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استقصّ

Root: قص

Form: 10

Full Definition

استقصّX He sought, or demanded, retaliation, i. e., slaying for slaying, or wounding for wounding.
2 استقصّهُ He asked of him to retaliate for him: and signifies the same accord. to the K; but the author has been misled into saying this by misunderstanding the following passage in the O; تقصّص اثره مثل قَصَّهُ واقتصّهُ واستقصّهُ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُقِصَّهُ, in which واقتصّه terminates a clause.
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