اعتلّ
Root: عل
Form: 8
Full Definition
2 [Hence, اعتلّت الرِّيحُ
def.2 See also 5, first sentence.
2 Also He excused himself; or adduced, or urged, an excuse, or a plea; or he laid hold upon a plea, or an allegation. You say, اعتلّ عَلَيْهِ بِعِلَّةٍ He adduced, or urged, an excuse, or a plea, or pretext, for it. And hence, اِعْتِلَالَاتُ الفُقَهَآءِ [The pleas, or allegations, of the lawyers, which they adduce, or upon which they lay hold].
def.3 اعتلّهُ He hindered, prevented, impeded, or withheld, him; turned him back or away; retarded him; or diverted him by occupying him otherwise; from an affair.
2 And He accused him of a crime, an offence, or an injurious action, that he had not committed.
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