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اتارهُ

Root: تور

Form: 4

Full Definition

اتارهُIV He repeated it, or did it again, time after time. (S in art. تير, M, K.)
2 He continued to look at him, or it, time after time. And أَتَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ, and الرَّمْىَ, Verbal.Noun إِتَارَةٌ, i. q. أَتْأَرْتُهُ, i. e. I looked at him sharply, or intently: [or time after time:] and I cast, or shot, at him time after time.
3 فُلَانٌ يُتَارُ عَلَى أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ is said by AA to mean Such a one is encompassed, or gone round, (يُدَارُ,) in order that he may be taken: and he cites, from a poem of ' Ámir Ibn-Ketheer El-Moháribee, لَقَدْ غَضِبُوا عَلَىَّ وَأَشْقَذُونِى فَصِرْتُ كَأَنَّنِى فَرَأٌ يُتَارُ [as though meaning They have been angry with me, and driven me away, and I have become as though I were a wild ass encompassed in order to be taken]: or, accord. as some relate it, : [and it is said that] this signifies cast at, or shot at, time after time. (T, L. [See also art. تأر.])
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