عمل

10 استعملهُ ذ He asked, required, or desired, him to work, labour, do service, or act, (S, O, Msb, * TA,) for him. (TA.) [And استعمل, app. for استعمل نَفْسَهُ, He desired to act: see an ex. in art. روى conj. 2.] ― -b2- See also 4, in two places. ― -b3- And see 2. One says also, اُسْتُعْمِلَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى الجَالَّةِ [ Such a one was employed as collecter of the poll-tax ]. (S and Msb in art. جل. See also a similar ex. voce ضِحٌّ.) And اِسْتَعْمَلْتُ الثَّوْبَ I made the garment to serve [i. e. made use of it ] for clothing. (Msb.) And اِسْتَعْمَلْتُ اللَّبِنَ [ I made use of the bricks ], meaning I built with the bricks a building. (Msb.) And استعمل البَلَهَ [ He feigned heedlessness, &c.; or made use of it as a mask, or pretext ]. (K in explanation of تَبَالَهَ and تَبَلَّهَ. See also a similar ex. voce تَحَلَّمَ.)