وصف1 وَصُفَ He attained to the proper age for service. (K.) See an ex. in the K, voce مُخَلَّدُونَ.4 أَوْصَفَ and ↓ اِسْتَوْصَفَ He (a boy) became of full stature, and fit for service. (Mgh.) 8 اِتَّصَفَ بِالعِلْمِ [He was, or became, characterized, or he characterized himself, by knowledge, or science]. (Msb in art. أَهْلٌ.) 10 إِسْتَوْصَفَ see 4.صِفَةٌ A quality; an attribute; a property; or a description, as meaning the aggregate of the qualities or attributes or properties of a thing; or the state, condition, or case, of a thing. So explained voce صِنْفٌ, and voce صُورَةٌ. See its syn. حَالٌ. b2:  صِفَةٌ in grammar, The same as نَعْتٌ, An epithet. (K.) b3:  A word denoting an attribute (مَعْنًى) and a substance (ذَات). Under this term are comprised the اسم فاعل, the اسم مفعول, the صفة مشبّهة, and the افعل التفضيل. (I'Ak, sect. الصفة المشبّهة باسم الفاعل.) b4:  صِقَةٌ مُشَبَّهَةٌ [A simple epithet]; an epithet resembling an اسم فاعل. b5: صِفَةٌ غَالِبَةٌ An epithet in which the substantive character predominates. b6:  صِفَةٌ, as a general term for an attributive word, is also applied by Lth and other old writers to An adverbial n. of place or time, and to a preposition. It is so applied in the L and TA, art. عنل, &c. It was applied to the former by Fr, (T, voce ظَرْفٌ,) and to the latter also. (L, TA, ubi supra.) بَيْعُ المُوَاصَفَةِ: see 3 in art. روض.