حَتَمَهُ
Root: حتم
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 He decreed it; ordained it; pronounced it; or decided it judicially: and so حَتَمَ بِهِ. [See حَاتِمٌ.]
3 He necessitated it; or made it, or rendered it, necessary, requisite, or unavoidable; syn. أَوْجَبَهُ: and so حَتَمَ بِهِ. See حَاتِمٌ. You say, حَتَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ I made it, or rendered it, necessary, &c., for him to do, or to suffer, the thing. (S. [Golius, reading أَوْحَيْتُ for أَوْجَبْتُ, the explanation in the S, has rendered حَتَمَ as signifying “ inspiravit: ” and the next explanation given by him, i. e. “ indicavit, ” is a misprint for “ judicavit. ”]) Or حَتَمَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, signifies He made the thing, or affair, or event, to be absolutely, or decisively, or irreversibly, necessary, requisite, or unavoidable, for him to do, or to suffer. حُتُومٌ, which is pl. of حَتْمٌ, may also be an Verbal.Noun of حَتَمَ, and is likewise pl. of حَاتِمٌ.
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