(tropical:) He asked, or begged, of him to assign to him the thing, or to make it be to him, as a means of subsistence, or a thing to be eaten. (K, TA.)
2.
يَسْتَأْكِلُ الضُّعَفَاءَ (tropical:) He takes (S, K, TA) and devours (TA) the possessions of the weak ones. (S, K, TA.)