استدرك

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Arabic[edit]

Root
د ر ك (d-r-k)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

اِسْتَدْرَكَ (istadraka) X, non-past يَسْتَدْرِكُ‎ (yastadriku)

  1. to correct, rectify, emend
    • 597AH/1201 CE, ibn Jawzi, “التبصرة للابن الجوزي”, in at-tabsira, volume 1, page 153:
      وإنما يومك هذا، فاجتهد فيه، ولله در من تنبه لنفسه، وتزود لرسمه، واستدرك ما مضى من أمسه قبل طول حبسه
      and you only have this day, so be hard working in it, how excellent is it of the one who is heedfull of himself, and equips himself for his writing,and corrects all that which has past from yesterday before his long reckoning
  2. to set right, put in order, straighten out

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