اعتقدهُ
Root: عقد
Form: 8
Full Definition
2 and see also 1 in the latter half.
3 اعتقد كَذَا, or اعتقد كَذَا بِقَلْبِهِ, He settled, or determined, his heart, or mind, firmly upon such a thing; or he held, adhered, or clave, to such a thing with the heart, or mind; i. q. عَلَيْهِ القَلْبَ وَالضَّمِيرَ; [he believed, or believed firmly, or was firmly persuaded of, such a thing: this is its most usual meaning;] he was, or became, certain, or sure, of such a thing. [It is mostly used in relation to matters of religion, to religious dogmas and the like.] See also عَقِيدَةٌ.
4 اعتقد also signifies He acquired, or bought, an estate consisting of land, or of land and a house, &c., or other property: he collected property. Also, [without any objective complement expressed,] He bought what is termed عُقْدَة, i. e. an estate, or a property, consisting in land or houses.
5 And اعتقد أَخًا فِى ٱللّٰهِ He adopted a brother in God.
6 اعتقد الدُّرَّ, and الخَرَزَ, He made the pearls, and the beads, into a necklace; and in like manner, other things.
def.2 اعتقد said of a date-stone, or other thing, [as also انعقد , which frequently occurs in the lexicons &c. in the sense here following,] It became hard.
2 And hence, [so in the A,] اعتقد بَيْنَهُمَا الإِخَآءُ Fraternity became true, or sincere, and firmly established, between them two: and [in like manner] تعقّد it became firmly established.
3 And accord. to Ibn-Buzurj, اعتقد signifies He closed, or locked, a door upon himself, when in want, that he might die: thus Sh found in the Book of Ibn-Buzurj, i. e. اعتقد, with ق: (TA in art. عفد:) but others say that it is اعتفد, with ف: [or] اعتقد and اعتفد signify the same.
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