اغترق

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اغترقVIII He mixed among the [other] horses, and then outstripped them, or outwent them. And اغترق حَلْبَةَ الخَيْلِ He outstripped, or outwent, the collection of horses started together for a wager that were preceding. And [hence] one says, خَاصَمَنِى فَٱغْتَرَقْتُ حَلْبَتَهُ, meaning [He contended with me in an altercation, or he disputed, or litigated, with me, and] I overcame him in the altercation, &c.
2 اغترق التَّصْدِيرَ, or البَطَانَ, He , his belly being large, and his sides being swollen, took up the whole of the breast-girth, or the belly-girth, so that it was too strait for him; as also .
3 And اغترق النَّفَسَ He took in the whole of the breath in drawing it in, or back, with vehemence. Accord. to the copies of the K, اغترقت الَّفْسُ, meaning اِسْتَوْعَبَت: but this is a mistake: the correct phrase is اغترق النَّفَسَ, the latter word مُحَرَّكَة [and in the accus. case]; and the explanation, اِسْتَوْعَبَهُ فِى الزَّفِيرِ.
4 And تَغْتَرِقُ نَظَرَهُمْ, said of a woman, [She engrosses their look; i. e.] she occupies them in looking at her so as to divert them from looking at other than her, by reason of her beauty: and in like manner one says, تغترق الطَّرْفَ [she engrosses the look]. [See also what next follows.]

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