شمر

5 تشمّر ذ : see 2, third sentence. ― -b2- [Hence,] تشمّر لِلْأَمْرِ, (S, K,) or لِلْعَمَلِ (A,) and ↓ انشمر لَلامر, (S,) (assumed tropical:) He prepared himself (S, A, K) for the affair, (S, K,) or for the work. (A.) [Freytag mentions اشمر للامر in a similar sense, “ Paratus fuit ad rem peragendam, ” as on the authority of J; but I do not find it in the S,] ― -b3- See also 2 as syn. with 1 and 7. -A2- [Also, app., as quasipass. of 2, It (a garment, &c., was, or became, raised, or tucked up, or contracted; and so signifies ↓ انشمر.] ― -b2- See 2 again, in the latter part of the paragraph.