انْتَدَبَundertake

Example sentences

• اذا كان الذين قد انتدبوا للرد على الفلاسفة قد حاروا ولحقتهم كسفة،

  If those who set out to refute the philosophers were confused and affected by gloom,

  انْتَدَبُوا — set out. This is a derived (Form VIII) verb whose pattern carries a sense of volunteering or taking on a task. The '-u' tail packs in the doers, 'they', so no separate word for the subject is needed. The built-in vowels-and-letters mold is what gives it the 'set themselves to' flavor.

  From: Revelation Over Philosophy →