استحلسهُ

He made it to be as a حِلْس. (TA.)

So the verb signifies in the phrase استحلس فُلَانٌ الخُوْفَ [in the CK فُلانًا الخَوْفُ] (TA) (tropical:) Such a one relinquished not fear. (Mgh, * K, TA.)

استحلس اللَّيْلُ بِالظَّلَامِ (tropical:) The night became dense with darkness. (A, TA.)

استحلس النَّبْتُ (tropical:) The herbage covered the land with its abundance (As, S, K, TA) and tallness; (Z, TA;) as also ↓ احلس. (K.) And الأَرْضُ ↓ أَحْلَسَتِ (tropical:) The land became altogether green [as though covered with a حِلْس: see the particle n. below]: (Sh, TA:) or, as also استحلستَ, became clad with sprouting herbage: or became green, with erect herbage. (TA.)