استظهر
Root: ظهر
Form: 10
Full Definition
استظهرX
He sought aid, or assistance, in, or by means of, him, or it, عَلَيْهِ [against him, or it]; as also استظهرهُ. [In the CK, after the explanation of استظهر به, is an omission, to be supplied by the insertion of وَقَرَأَهُ.] One says, استظهر بِٱلْغِنَى عَلَى النَّوَائِبِ [He sought aid in wealth against calamities, or afflictions]. And بِهِ signifies the same as استظهر [in this sense or in another of the senses expl. in what follows].
2 And استظهرتُ بِالشَّىْءِ, and بِهِ, and , I put the thing behind my back for protection, or security.
3 And استظهر He prepared for himself a camel, or two camels, or more, for future need: and استظهرهُ, and ظَهَرَ بِهِ, He prepared him, namely, a camel, for future need: and استظهر بِبَعِيرَيْنِ ظِهْرِيَّيْنِ He prepared for himself two camels for future need. (T. [See ظِهْرِىٌّ.])
4 Hence, استظهر signifies also He used precaution with respect to anything: he secured himself, (اِسْتَوْثَقَ,) by using precaution; as, for instance, a woman does by remaining three days, before she performs the ablution termed غُسْل, and prays, after the usual period of the menses. One says, يُسْتَحَبُّ الاِسْتِظْهَارُ بِغَسْلَةٍ ثَانِيَةٍ وَثَالِثَةٍ The using precaution by a second and a third washing, to make sure of being pure, is approved. And استظهرتُ فِى طَلَبِ الشَّىْءِ I adopted the most fit, or proper, way, and used precaution, in seeking to attain the thing.
5 See also 1, in the middle of the latter half.
2 And استظهرتُ بِالشَّىْءِ, and بِهِ, and , I put the thing behind my back for protection, or security.
3 And استظهر He prepared for himself a camel, or two camels, or more, for future need: and استظهرهُ, and ظَهَرَ بِهِ, He prepared him, namely, a camel, for future need: and استظهر بِبَعِيرَيْنِ ظِهْرِيَّيْنِ He prepared for himself two camels for future need. (T. [See ظِهْرِىٌّ.])
4 Hence, استظهر signifies also He used precaution with respect to anything: he secured himself, (اِسْتَوْثَقَ,) by using precaution; as, for instance, a woman does by remaining three days, before she performs the ablution termed غُسْل, and prays, after the usual period of the menses. One says, يُسْتَحَبُّ الاِسْتِظْهَارُ بِغَسْلَةٍ ثَانِيَةٍ وَثَالِثَةٍ The using precaution by a second and a third washing, to make sure of being pure, is approved. And استظهرتُ فِى طَلَبِ الشَّىْءِ I adopted the most fit, or proper, way, and used precaution, in seeking to attain the thing.
5 See also 1, in the middle of the latter half.
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