قَهَرَهُ

. (aorist قَهَرَ , A, K,) verbal noun قَهْرٌ, He overcame, conquered, subdued, subjected, subjugated, overbore, overpowered, mastered, or prevailed or predominated over, him, or it; he was, or became, superior in power or force, to him, or it. (S, A, Msb, K, TA.)

[He abased him. (See 4.)

He oppressed him. So in the Qur'an., xciii. 9, فَأَمَّا اليَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرُ [Therefore, happen what may, the orphan thou shalt not oppress; i. e., as explained in the Expos. of the Jel., by taking his property, or otherwise.]

He forced, compelled, or constrained, him. So in the following example] قَهَرَهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ [He forced, compelled, or constrained, him to do the thing]. (S, K, article قسر.)

[He coerced him.]

He took him [by force;] against his will, or approval; and so أَخَذَهُ قَهْرًا. (A, TA.)

-A2- قُهِرَ اللَّحْمُ (tropical:) The flesh-meat became, (S,) or began to be, (A, TA,) affected, or acted upon, (lit. taken,) by the fire, so that its juice flowed. (S, A, TA.)