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تحزّم

Root: حزم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تحزّمV and احتزم , [said of a horse, as is implied in the K, and of a man,] He became furnished with a حِزَام [i. e. girth, or girdle]: [or, said of a man, he became girt; or he girded himself;] or i. q. تَلَبَّبَ, meaning he bound his waist with a rope [or girdle]. It is said in a trad., نَهَى أَنْ يُصَلِّىَ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى [He forbade that the man should pray unless he were girt, or unless he girded himself].

def.2 تحزّم فِى أَمْرِهِ He acted with prudence, or discretion, and precaution, in his affair, or case.
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