وفد

4 اوفدهُ عَلَيْهِ ذ , (M, A, K,) and اـِلَيْهِ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. اـِيفَادٌ; (K;) and اـِلَيْهِ ↓ وفّدهُ, (L,) inf. n. تَوْفِيدٌ; (K;) He sent him to him, (S, M, A, K,) namely, to a king, (A,) or governor, (S,) [or great man, as an ambassador, envoy, or messenger; or to convey gifts, and to ask aid, or assistance: see 1]. ― -b2- الأَمِيرُ اـِلَى الأَمِيرِ الَّذِى ↓ وفّدهُ فَوْتَهُ [ The governor, sent him as an envoy to the governor who was above him ]. (L.) ― -b3- مَا أَوْفَدَكَ عَلَيْنَا (assumed tropical:) [ What hath caused thee to come to us? ]. (TA.) ― -b4- بَيْنَمَا أَنَا فِىضِيقٍ اـِذْ أَوْفَدَ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَىَّ بِرَجُلٍ فَأَخْرَجَنِى مَنْهُ (tropical:) While I was in difficulty, lo, God brought to me a man, and extricated me from it. (A.) -A2- اوفد عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, inf. n. اـِيفَادٌ, (tropical:) It rose up, or stood up, so as to be higher than the thing; overtopped it; overpeered it; overhung it; overlooked it. (S, L, K *.) A poet (Homeyd Ibn-Thór El-Hilálee, TA) says, تَرَى العِلَافِىَّ عَلَيْهَا مُوفِدَا كَأَنَّ بَرْجًا فَوْقَهَا مُشَيَّدَا [ Thou seest the 'Iláfee saddle overtopping her, as though a high-raised tower were upon her. ] (S, L.) And one says of a horse, مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا أَوْفَدَ حَاركُهُ How beautiful is the prominence of his withers! (S, L.) ↓ توفّد is also syn. with اوفد in the above sense. (K, TA.) ― -b2- اوفد inf. n. اـِيفَادٌ, (tropical:) It (a white antelope) raised its head and erected its ears. (L, K.) ― -b3- اوفد, inf. n. اـِيفَادٌ, He hastened, or went, quickly: (S, L, K:) occurring in the poetry of Ibn-Ahmar. (S, L.) ― -b4- اوفد, inf. n. اـِيفَادٌ, (tropical:) It rose, or became elevated. (A, L, K.) ― -b5- اوفد, (tropical:) He raised, or elevated, a thing. (L.)