وَصَبَ
Root: وصب
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 وَصَبَ لَبَنُ النَّاقَةِ
3 وَصِبَ, Present.T يَوْصَبُ, Verbal.Noun وَصَبٌ; and وصّب and and توصّب ; He was, or became, diseased, ill, or sick: or in pain: [or in violent pain: or in continual, or constant, pain: or emaciated in body by reason of fatigue or disease: or in a state of excessive fatigue: and, sometimes, he suffered fatigue, or weariness, and languor: see وَصَبٌ:] تَوْصِيْبٌ is also explained as signifying the being languid: and توصّب , as signifying he felt, or experienced, pain in his body.
4 وَصَبَ الشَّحْمُ
5 وَصَبَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ, Present.T يَصِبُ, [Verbal.Noun وُصُوبٌ;] and وَصِبَ, Present.T يَصِبُ; the latter Present.T extr. [with respect to analogy]; like وَثِقَ, Present.T يَثِقُ, and وَمِقَ, Present.T يَمِقُ, &c; but not mentioned by the lexicographers with these verbs; [and ; see below;] and ; i. q. وَاظَبَ; He kept. attended, or applied himself, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to the thing; and managed it, or conducted it, well.
6 وَصَبَ فِى مَالِهِ, and عَلَى ماله; and وِصِبَ; aors. as above; He kept, attended, or applied himself, constantly to his property, [meaning his camels &c.,] and managed it well.
7 القَوْمُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ The people kept, attended. or applied themselves, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to the thing.
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