تأتّب

Form: 5

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تأتّبV , and , [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَتَبَ], or , He put on himself, or clad himself with, an إِتْب: or , alone, she put on herself, or clad herself with, an إِتْب.
2 تأتّب الدِّرْعَ وَ السِّلَاحَ He put on the coat of mail, and the arms, or weapons. And تأتّب القَوْسَ He put forth his shoulderjoints from the belt of the bow, [the belt being across his breast,] so that the bow was on his shoulder-blades: accord. to AHn, تَأَتُّبٌ signifies a man's putting the suspensory of the bow across the breast, and putting forth the shoulder-joints from it, so that the bow is on the shoulder-joints: and you say also, تأتّب قَوْسَهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِه [he put his bow in the manner above described upon his back].
3 [And hence,] تأتّب signifies also He prepared himself, or made himself ready, لِلأَمْرِ [for the affair].
4 And He acted, or behaved, with forced hardness, firmness, strength, hardiness, courage, or vehemence.

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