إِسْتَعْلَوَ

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إِسْتَعْلَوَX see 1, in seven places. [The Verbal.Noun اِسْتِعْلَآءٌ, properly denotes Superiority that is perceptible by sense: and tropically, such as is ideal, or perceived by the intellect: see عَلَى, below.]
2 One says also, هٰذِهِ الكَلِمَةُ تَسْتَعْلِى لِسَانِى, meaning [ This word, or sentence,] is often current upon my tongue.
3 And اِسْتَعْلَى عَلَى الغَايَةِ, said of a horse in the contending to outstrip in a race, means He reached the goal.

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