Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

استعبر

Root: عبر

Form: 10

Full Definition

استعبرX [He desired to cross, go across, or pass over, a river or the like. (See الغُمَيْصَآءُ.)]

def.2 استعبرهُ الرُّؤْيَا He asked him to interpret, or explain, the dream; he related to him the dream in order that he might interpret, or explain, it.
2 لَقَدْ أَسْرَعْتَ ٱسْتِعْبَارَكَ الدَّرَاهِمَ is a saying mentioned by As as meaning [Assuredly thou hast hastened] thy drawing forth of the dirhems.

def.3 See also 1, last quarter, in two places.
2 [Accord. to Golius, استعبر is also syn. with اعتبر in the first of the senses assigned to the latter above; but for this I do not find any authority.]


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