عاقرهُ
Root: عقر
Form: 3
Full Definition
2 And عاقرهُ, Verbal.Noun مُعَاقَرَةٌ, He held a dialogue or colloquy, or a disputation or debate, with him, and encountered him with mutual reviling and satire and cursing.
def.2 Also عاقرهُ, Verbal.Noun مُعَاقَرَةٌ, He, or it, kept, confined himself or itself, clave, clung, or held fast, to him, or it: he kept, or applied himself, constantly, or perseveringly, to him, or it. You say عاقر الخَمْرَ, and simply عاقر, He kept, or applied himself, constantly, or perseveringly, to the drinking of wine: or مُعَاقَرَةُ الشَّرَابِ signifies the contending with wine for superiority; as when a man says, I have more, or most, strength for drinking, and so contending with it for superiority, and being overcome thereby. You say also, عَاقَرَتِ الخَمْرُ الدَّنَّ The wine remained long confined to the [jar called] دَنّ; syn. لَازَمَتْهُ. And عاقرت الخَمْرُ العَقْلَ [app., The wine took hold upon the intellect: or contended with it for superiority].
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