عَسُوفٌ
Root: عسف
Full Definition
عَسُوفٌ
Travelling without following a right direction; [as also
عَاسِفٌ ; and, app., in like manner, عِسِّيفٌ , but in an intensive sense, occurring in a verse of Esh-Shenfarà, but not found by me in any of the lexicons:] pl. عُسُفٌ, like as رُسُلٌ is pl. of رَسُولٌ. Applied to a she-camel as meaning That goes along at random, heedlessly, or in a headlong manner, not obeying a guide to the right course, and that is not turned by anything.
2 And [hence,] Acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; syn. جَائِرٌ: or one who acts wrongfully, &c., much, or often; syn. ظَلُومٌ: and عَسَّافٌ also has the former [or rather the latter]
3 And One who takes with strength, or force; and so, but in an intensive sense, عَسَّافٌ .
2 And [hence,] Acting wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically; syn. جَائِرٌ: or one who acts wrongfully, &c., much, or often; syn. ظَلُومٌ: and عَسَّافٌ also has the former [or rather the latter]
3 And One who takes with strength, or force; and so, but in an intensive sense, عَسَّافٌ .
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