أَقْبَلْتُهُ
Root: قبل
Form: 4
Full Definition
2 أَقْبَلَ بِهِ [He turned it forward; contr. of أَدْبَرَ بِهِ]. (S, K, art. دبر.)
3 أَقْبَلَ He came, facing; came forward; came on; advanced; contr. of أَدْبَرَ.
4 أَقْبَلْتُ قِبَلَكَ [not قُبْلَكَ] I advanced, or came, toward thee. Like قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ. (L, art. حرد.) See also Kur, ii. 172.
5 أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He advanced, or approached, towards him, or it.
6 أَقْبَلَ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ, as though he desired no other person.
7 اقْبَالٌ The advancing of fortune; contr. of إِدْبَارٌ.
8 الإِقْبَالُ فِى الدُّنْيَا [Advance in the world, or in worldly circumstances]. (Mgh in art. جد.) إِقْبَالٌ signifies The being fortunate.
9 إِقْبَالٌ i. q. دَوْلَةٌ [Good fortune; &c.; see تامِكُ]: and عِزَّةٌ [might; &c.].
10 أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He showed favour to him: or, more properly, he presented a favourable aspect to him; or, accord. to general usage, he met him kindly; see بَشَّ لَهُ.
11 أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا, (A, art. فتح,) The world favoured him.
12 أَقْبَلَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ He set about, or commenced, doing a thing.
13 See تَصَدَّدَ.
14 أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He clave to it: and he took to, set about, began, or commenced it; as also قَبَلَ عليه.
15 [أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ, and بِالعَصَا, and بِالسَّوْطِ He advanced against him, or set upon him, with the sword, and with the staff or stick, and with the whip.]
16 You say, أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْه بِالسَّوْطِ يَضْرِبُهُ [He advanced against him, or set upon him, with the whip, striking him]. (S in art. حول.)
17 See قَبَلٌ.
18 يُقْبِلُ بِالدَّلْوِ إِلَى البِئْرِ and أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ الَى إِقْبَالٍ: see أَدْبَرَ.
19 أَقْبَل عَلَيْهِ بِالتَّعْنِيفِ: see Har, p.
20 أَقْبِلْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ [Betake, or apply, thyself to thine own affairs]. (T, voce إِلَى.)
21 دَبَرَتْ لَهُ الرِّيحُ بَعْدَ مَا أَقْبَلَتْ: see دبر.
22 أَقْبَلَ [He recovered, or regained, health;] occurring in the K, as the explanation of ثَابَ جِسْمُهُ. (K, art. ثوب.) أَقْبَلَ بَعْدَ هُزَالٍ. (K, voce حَشَمَ.)
23 أَقْبَلَ, with reference to the slit ear of a she-camel: see أَدْبَرَ.
24 أَقْبِلْنَا بِذِمَّةٍ, app. a mistranscription for أَقْلِبْنَا: see ذِمَّةٌ.
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