شهد

10 استشهدهُ ذ He asked him, or required him, to tell what he had witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye; to declare what he knew; to give testimony, or evidence; to bear witness; or to give decisive information. (S, Mgh, L, Msb, K.) You say, اِسْتَشْهَدْتُ فُلَانًا عَلَى فُلَانٍ I asked, or required, [or cited, or summoned, ] such a one to give his testimony, or evidence, or to bear witness, against such a one. (L.) And اِسْتَشْهَدْتُ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى اـِقْرَارِ الغَرِيمِ and ↓ أَشْهَدْتُهُ I asked, or required, [&c., and made, ] the man to bear witness to, or to be witness of or to, the confession, or acknowledgment, of the debtor. (L.) ― -b2- [Hence,] استشهد بِبَيْتٍ عَلَى مَعْنَى كَلِمَةٍ [ He adduced, or urged, or cited, a verse as an evidential example of the meaning of a word ]. (A phrase of frequent occurrence in the larger lexicons.) ― -b3- اُسْتُشْهِدَ (S, K) and ↓ أُشْهِدَ (K) He was slain a martyr in the cause of God's religion. (S, K. [See شَهِيدٌ.])