استسعى العَبْدَ
1.
(S, Msb, K) فِى قِيمَتِهِ (S, Msb) He required of the slave that he should labour to earn the means of releasing himself: (Msb:) or he imposed upon the slave work by means of which he should pay for himself, when he had been emancipated in part, in order to his completing his emancipation: and
سِعَايَةٌ signifies the work so imposed. (K.)
2.
And استسعاهُ
He employed him as collector of the poor-rate. (JM; and the like is said in the TA, from a tradition) [See also 4.]