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10 استثبت أستثبت استثبت ٱستثاب ٱستثبت ٱستثبتت : see 5, in two places. ― -b2- [Also He sought, or desired, or demanded, confirmation, evidence, proof, demonstration, verification, assurance, or positive or certain information, عَنْهُ respecting him, or it. ― -b3- And He desired, or meant, an affirmation: see a remark on a verse cited voce بَيْدَ.] -A2- استثبتهُ He found it to be sound, valid, substantial, real, sure, certain, true, right, correct, just, or proper: (Har p. 175:) and he assured, or certified, himself of the true state of his case. (Idem, p. 426.) You say, صَغَّرَ عَيْنَهُ لِيَسْتَثْبِتَ النَّظَرَ (assumed tropical:) [ He contracted his eye in order to assure himself of the correctness of the view; i. e., to obtain a sure view ]. (M in art. وص.) ― -b2- It is also said to mean He made him, or asserted him to be, firm of heart: but Er-Rázee says, I have not met with this verb used as one that is immediately transitive. (Har p. 426.)