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عَصَدَهُ

Root: عصد

Form: 1

Full Definition

عَصَدَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَصْدٌ, He twisted it; turned, or wreathed, it round or about; contorted it; wound it; or bent it; as also .
2 [Hence,] عَصَدَ العَصِيدَةَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun as above; and ; He stirred about and turned over the عصيدة with a مِعْصَد, or مِعْصَدَة; he made, or prepared, the عصيدة.
3 And عَصَدَ عُنُقَهُ, [and app. عَصَدَ alone, (see عَاصِدٌ,)] Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عُصُودٌ, He bent his neck towards his withers in dying.
4 عَصَدْتُهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun عَصْدٌ, I made him to do the thing against his will.
5 عَصَدَتْهُمُ العَصَاوِيدُ Clamours such as are raised in trial, or affliction, assailed them.

def.2 عَصَدَ said of an arrow, It wound, or turned, in its course, not going directly towards the butt.
2 And عَصَدَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun عُصُودٌ; as also عَصِدَ, Present.T ـَ; said of a man, He died.
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