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Root entry · 1 derived lemma10 استجادهُ استجاده استجادة ٱستجاد ٱستجاده He reckoned it, or esteemed it, good, goodly, approvable, or excellent: (S:) or he found it to be so: (K:) or he desired, or sought, that it might be so, (A, K,) and chose it, or selected it; (A;) as also ↓ تجوّدهُ. (A.) You say also, اِسْتَجْوَدَ رَأْيَهُ [ He esteemed his judgment, or opinion, good: or found it to be so ]. (TA in art. جزل.) ― -b2- He desired, or sought, or demanded, his liberality, bounty, munificence, or generosity. (K.) ― -b3- He desired, or sought, that he (a horse) might be such as is termed جَوَاد [i. e. fleet, or swift, and excellent ]. (K.) -A2- استجاد It came or happened, well. (KL.)
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استجادهُverb
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اِسْتَجْوَدَ رَأْيَهُ