استمرّ

Root: مر

Form: 10

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استمرّX : see 1, first signification, in three places.
2 Also. It went on in one [uniform] course or manner: it had a continuous course, or manner of being, &c.; it continued in the same state; it continued, or obtained: it continued in a regular, uniform, or constant, course. [And it is often said of a man.]

def.2 [It also seems to signify It became tightly twisted.
2 And hence, He, or it, became strong, or firm, like a rope tightly twisted: as in the following phrases.] استمرّ بِالشَّىْءِ He became strong to bear the thing. (M, K. [See an ex. in a verse cited voce أَصْمَعُ.]) استمرّ مَرِيرُهُ He became firm; as also استمرّت مَرِيرَتُهُ: or his resolution, or determination, became firm, or strong; or he became strong, after being weak: and استمرّت مَرِيرَتُهُ his resistance (شَكِيمَة) became firm. You say also, استمرّت مَرِيرَتُهُ عَلَيْهِ He became firm against him, or it: and his resistance (شَكِيمَة) against him, or it, became strong: and he became accustomed, or habituated, [or inured,] to him, or it: a tropical signification, from the twisting of a rope.
3 [And hence, app.,] استمرّ also signifies His case, or state of affairs, became right, after having been bad or corrupt: he repented, and became good, righteous, or virtuous.

def.3 As syn. with أَمَرَّ and مَرَّ, said of food, &c.: see 4.

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