Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

احتبس

Root: حبس

Form: 8

Full Definition

احتبسVIII quasi-pass. of حَبَسَهُ; He, or it, was or became, confined, restricted, limited, &c.; and he confined, restricted, limited, &c., himself; [as also ; but this latter is probably post-classical.]
2 Said of urine [as meaning It became suppressed]. (S and Msb in art. حقب; &c.)

def.2 احتبسهُ syn. with حَبسَهُ, which see, in two places.
2 Also He appropriated it to himself; restricted it to his own special possession: or he made, or constituted, it (اِتَّخَذَهُ) what is termed حَبِيس.


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