قرب

3 قَارَبْتُهُ ذ , inf. n. مُقَارَبَةٌ [and قِرَابٌ], I was, or became, near to him, or it; contr. of بَاعَدْتُهُ. (Msb.) See 1, near the middle of the paragraph. ― -b2- One says of a vessel, (S, O, K,) قارب أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ (S, O) or قارب الاِمْتِلَاآءَ (K) [ It was, or became, near to being full ]: قارب [thus used] is the verb from قَرْبَانُ [q. v.], and قَرُبَ is not used in its stead. (Sb, TA.) And one says also, قارب مِلْأَهُ [ It was, or became, nearly equal, or it nearly amounted, to what would fill it ]. (Msb.), And قارب قَدْرَهُ [ It was, or became, nearly equal, or equivalent, to its quantity, or amount; or it was, or became, nearly equivalent to it ]. (K, TA.) [And hence the term أَفْعَالُ المُقَارَبَةِ The verbs of appropinquation; as كَادَ &c.] ― -b3- قارب الخَطْوَ He made the stepping to be contracted; syn. دَانَاهُ; (AZ, K, TA;) [i. e. he made short steps: made his steps to be near together; ] said of a horse. (TA.) And قارب كَلَامَهُ [ He made the several portions of his speech, i. e. he made his words, to be near together; so that it means he uttered his speech rapidly ]. (K in art. وط; &c.) And قارب بين الكَلِمَةِ وَالكَلِمَةِ فِى التَّسْبِيحِ [ He made the words to follow one another nearly, or to be near together, in the act of praise, or the like.] (M in art. دنو.) And قَارَبْتُ بَيْنَ الأَمْرَيْنِ i. q. دَانَيْتُ [ I made the two affairs, or events, to be nearly uninterrupted ]. (T, S, Msb, all in art. دنو.) ― -b4- قاربهُ also signifies He thought him, or it, to be near. (Ham p. 634.) And قارب الأَمْرَ He thought the thing. (MF.) ― -b5- And He interchanged with him good, or pleasing, speech. (O, K, TA.) ― -b6- And قارب فِى الأَمْرِ He pursued the right, or just, or middle, course, neither exceeding it nor falling short of it, in the affair. (O, * K, * TA.) ― -b7- And قَارَبْتُهُ فِى البَيْعِ [app. meaning, in like manner, I pursued a middle course with him in selling, or buying, with respect to the price demanded or offered, neither exceeding what was just nor falling short of it ], (S, O,) inf. n. مُقَارَبَةٌ. (S.) ― -b8- مُقَارَبَةٌ and قِرَابٌ signify also The raising the leg [or legs, of a woman,] for the purpose of جِمَاع. (K.)