1.
It (a thing)
was, or
became, several fold, or
many fold, like the coats of the
بَصَل [or
onion]. (
Z,
TA.) See also
مُتَبّصِّلٌ.
2.
-A2- It is also transitive: see 2, in two places.
3.
[Hence,]
تَبَصَّلُوهُ (assumed tropical:)
They begged of him so much that all that he had became exhausted. (
Sgh,
K.)