تَعَسَّفَ
Root: عسف
Form: 5
Full Definition
تَعَسَّفَV
see 1, first quarter, in three places: and see 2.
2 تَعَسُّفٌ in language is from عَسَفَ الفَلَاةَ, [and the like,] expl. above: it signifies [in its general application The using, or use of, a discommendable license in language: and particularly vague, or vagueness of, expression; or] the making language to accord with [or to hear] a meaning which it does not plainly indicate.
3 See also 1, third quarter.
4 [Hence,] one says, وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ السَّيْفُ فَتَعَسَّفَهُ i. e. [The sword fell upon him, and] hit the bone that was the main stay of the limb, falling short of the joint.
2 تَعَسُّفٌ in language is from عَسَفَ الفَلَاةَ, [and the like,] expl. above: it signifies [in its general application The using, or use of, a discommendable license in language: and particularly vague, or vagueness of, expression; or] the making language to accord with [or to hear] a meaning which it does not plainly indicate.
3 See also 1, third quarter.
4 [Hence,] one says, وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ السَّيْفُ فَتَعَسَّفَهُ i. e. [The sword fell upon him, and] hit the bone that was the main stay of the limb, falling short of the joint.
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