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كَسَأ

Root: كس

Form: 1

Full Definition

كَسَأI , Present.T كَسَسَ Verbal.Noun كَسْءٌ, He, or it, pursued, or followed, another, as one follows a party which he has put to flight: like كَسَعَ.
2 كَسَأَ, Verbal.Noun كَسْءٌ, He urged on a beast of carriage. in the track, or at the heels, of another.

def.2 كَسَأَ, Verbal.Noun كَسْءٌ, He overcame a party in litigation or the like.

def.3 كَسَأَ (perhaps a mistake for كَشَأَ, TA,) He smote a person with a sword.
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