استشفّهُ

, (O, K,) or استشفّ مَا وَرَاءَهُ, (S, Msb,) He saw what was behind it. (O, Msb, K.) [Thus the former signifies He saw through it: and it is used in this sense both properly and tropically.]

Hence the saying to the seller of cloths, اِسْتَشِفَّ هٰذَا الثَّوْبَ, [which may be rendered Look thou through this garment, or piece of cloth; but is explained as] meaning make thou this garment, or piece of cloth, single, [by unfolding it,] and raise it, or hold it up, in shade, in order that I may see whether it be close in texture or flimsy. (TA.)

استشفّ also signifies [agreeably with the explanation of استشفّ مَا وَرَاءَهُ mentioned above] (assumed tropical:) He distinguished a thing plainly, like as one distinguishes plainly a thing behind glass. (Har p. 244.)

And one says, كَتَبْتُ كِتَابًا فَاسْتَشَفَّهُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [I wrote a letter, or writing, &c., and] he examined attentively what was in it. (TA.)

-A2- See also 8.

-A3- And see 1, in two places.

-A4- [Freytag mentions as a signification of استشفّ “ Desiderio alicujus rei implevit; ” with الى before the object: but he names no authority for this; and I doubt its correctness.]