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اِلْتَزَمَ

Root: لزم

Form: 8

Full Definition

اِلْتَزَمَVIII He took upon himself an affair. You say, اِلْتَزَمَهُ He took it upon himself; charged himself with it; obliged himself to do it; became, or made himself, answerable for it by an inseparable obligation: see بَآءَ.
2 اِلْتَزَمْتُ بَالمَالِ i. q. أَلْزَمْتُ بِهِ نَفْسِى, and تَكَفَّلْتُ بَهَ, accord. to IAmb, or تَحَمَّلْتُ بِهِ, accord. to AZ; (Msb in art. كفل;) I made myself answerable, responsible or accountable, by an inseparable obligation, for the property: see ضَمِنَ.
3 اِلْتَزَمَ المَالَ, and العَمَلَ, He obliged himself, or took upon himself the obligation, to pay the money &c., and to do the deed.
4 اِلْتَزَمَهُ He kept, or restricted himself, to it; i. e. an action, or usage, &c.
5 And It was, or became, necessary for him, or obligatory upon him, to do it, or pay it, &c.; or to suffer it, or endure it.
6 دَلَفَ لِٱلْتِزَامِى He hastened to take me by the hand and embrace me: see دَلَفَ.
7 اِلْتِزَامٌ i. q. لُزُومُ مَا لَا يَلْزَمُ: see below.
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