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5 تَرَقَّىَ see 1, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- [Hence,] ترقّى فِىِ العِلْمِ He rose by degrees, or step by step, in knowledge, or science. (S, TA.) And hence, مَا زَالَ يَتَرَقَّى بِهِ الحَالُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ غَايَتَهُ The state, or condition, ceased not to rise with him until he reached the utmost point thereof. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also, the verb being quasi-pass. of 2,] ترقّى إِِلَيْهِ الخَبَرٌ The news, or information, came to him, or reached him. (MA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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