Arabic

Verb

اِسْتَوَى • ‎(istawā) VIII, non-past يَسْتَوِي‎ (yastawī)

1. (transitive) to be or become equal or equivalent to
2. (construed with بِ ‎(bi) or وَ ‎(wa)) to be or become equable with, uniform with, even with, level with
3. to be or become flat, plane or plain
4. to be or become straight, right, direct, or rightly directed
5. to seek or desire what is equal, equable, uniform, even, level, etc.
6. to stand upright
7. to ascend
8. (construed with عَلَى ‎(ʿalā)) sit down (firmly) on, mount
9. to be made or become symmetrical, congruous or consistent
10. to be made, formed or fashioned in a suitable manner
11. to be made or become adapted to the requirements of its case or of wisdom
12. to be made or become complete
13. to be made or become right or good
14. to become rectified, adjusted or put into a right or good state
15. to become full-grown or thoroughly cooked

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References

• “استوى” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “استوى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4