ذوب

10 اِسْتَذَبْتُهُ ذ signifies طَلَبْتُ مِنْهُ الذَّوْبَ [which may be rendered I asked, or desired, of him honey, &c.]: (K:) [but accord. to ISd,] it signifies, agreeably with other verbs of this form, I asked, or desired, of him that he would melt or dissolve [butter &c.]. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence, perhaps,] استذابت الشَّمْسُ: see 1. ― -b3- استذاب حَاجَتَهُ: see 4. ― -b4- استذاب ذَوْبَةً (assumed tropical:) He preserved a residue of his wealth, or property. (TA.)