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وکيل wakīl v.n. fr. وکل 'to entrust one's affairs, to another,' c.

A وکيل wakīl (v.n. fr. وکل 'to entrust (one's affairs, to another),' &c.), s.m. An ambassador, agent, deputy, delegate, representative, commissary, factor, administrator;—an attorney, a pleader, counsellor (at law):—wakīl karnā, v.t. To appoint (one) a wakīl; to declare one to be a representative (of):—wakīl-ě-mut̤laq, s.m. A plenipotentiary; a vicegerent (or a representative) invested with full powers;—a permanently appointed pleader; standing counsel.