عنف

4 أَعْنَفَ see 1. ― -b2- اعنف الشَّىْءَ He took the thing (أَخَذَهُ [or this may mean he took to it, or set about it, ]) with violence, or vehemence. (TA.) [See also 8, in two places. ― -b3- In Har p. 386, اعنفت الشىء is expl. as meaning ايتنفته اذا استقبلته: but in the lexicons I find only اعتنفته in this sense.]