Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اعتصب

Root: عصب

Form: 8

Full Definition

اعتصبVIII [He attired himself, or surrounded his head, with the turban], and بِالتَّاجِ [with the crown]. And اعتصب التَّاجَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ He encircled his [own] head with the crown.
2 اعتصب النَّاقَةَ: see 1, in the middle of the first quarter.
3 اعتصبوا They became formed, or collected, into companies such as those whereof one is called عُصْبَة: or, into one of such companies. [See also 12.]
4 اعتصب بِهِ: see 5, last sentence.


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