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تمرّس

Root: مرس

Form: 5

Full Definition

تمرّسV It was, or became, strongly twisted and adhering. See مَرَسَةٌ.
2 تمرّس بِهِ He kept to it constantly, or assiduously; he accustomed himself to it; syn. ضَرِيَهُ [app. for ضَرِىَ بِهِ].
3 He rubbed, or scratched, himself against it; as, for instance, a camel against the trunk of a palm-tree, or any tree, on account of the mange or an itching; as also به. You say also, البَقَرَةُ تَمَرَّسُ بِالشَّجَرِ The cow rubs her horns against the trees to sharpen them. (A. [In my copy of the A, I find here تَمْرُسُ; but this is evidently a mistake of the copyist for تَمَرَّسُ, or its original form تَتَمَرَّسُ.])
4 [Hence, app., He made use of him.] You say, لَا يَتَمَرَّسُ بِهِ أَحَدٌ لِأَنَّهُ صُلْبٌ لَا يُسْتَغَلُّ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ [No one makes any use of him; for he is hard: nothing, meaning no profit, or advantage, is reaped, or obtained from him]. [See also مُتَمَرَّسٌ.]
5 He ate of it time after time. It is said in a trad. respecting the signs of the resurrection يَتَمَرَّسُ الرَّجُلُ بِدِينِهِ كَمَا يَتَمَرَّسُ البَعِيرُ بِالشَّجَرَةِ meaning, The man will play, or sport, with his religion, [like as the camel eats time after time of the tree; or, accord. to another explanation, like as the camel rubs, or scratches, himself against the tree:] or the meaning is, will strive and contend in dissensions or seditions.
6 He set himself against him to do evil, or mischief.
7 I. q. مَارَسَهُ; whence the saying, فُلَانٌ تَمَرَّسَ بِالنَّوَائِبِ وَالخُصُومَاتِ [app. meaning, Such a one strove against calamities and contentions, to gain the mastery].
8 He besmeared himself with it; namely, with perfume.
9 He wiped himself with it.
10 See also what next follows.


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