صحب

10 استصحبهُ ذ He desired him, or demanded him, as a companion, an associate, a comrade, or a friend: (MA:) or he invited him to associate, keep company, or consort, with him: and he clave to him: (A, K:) [ he chose him, or took him, as a companion, &c.: and] he had him with him. (MA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, اِسْتَصْحَبْتُ كِتَابًا لِى (tropical:) [ I made a book a companion to me; or I made a book belonging to me my companion ]. (A, L, TA.) And اِسْتَصْحَبْتُ الكِتَابَ وَغَيْرَهُ (assumed tropical:) I carried the book &c. with me. (Msb.) And one says of anything, استصحبهُ as meaning (assumed tropical:) It clave, adhered, or held-fast, to it; namely, another thing; (IF, S, Msb, TA;) or coalesced, or united, with it. (S, TA.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce رَامِكٌ.] ― -b3- See also 4, second sentence: -A2- and see the last sentence but one of the same paragraph.