تعصّب
Root: عصب
Form: 5
Full Definition
تعصّبV
i. q.
شَدَّ العِصَابَةَ [i. e. He bound the turban, or fillet, round his head; a meaning well known, whence that explained in the next sentence: and he bound a bandage of some kind round his body, by reason of hunger: see مُعَصَّبٌ].
2 And
3 And it has also another signification, from العَصَبِيَّة; [i. e.] it signifies also أَتَى بِالعَصَبِيَّةِ; which means [He aided his people, or party, against hostile conduct: or he was angry, or zealous, for the sake of his party, and defended them: (see عَصَبِىٌّ and عَصَبِيَّةٌ:) or] he invited, or summoned, others to the aid of his party, and to combine, or league, with them against those who acted towards them with hostility, whether they were wrongdoers or wronged. And you say, تَعَصَّبُوا عَلَيْهِمْ They leagued, or collected themselves, together against them: and تَعَصَّبْنَا لَهُ, and مَعَهُ, We [leagued together for him, and with him, and] defended him. [See also De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., see. ed., i. 445-6; where it is shown that التَّعَصُّبُ in religion means The being zealous, or a zealot: and see Har pp. 423 and 573.]
4 And تعصّب بِالشَّىْءِ He was, or became, content with the thing; as also . بِهِ.
2 And
3 And it has also another signification, from العَصَبِيَّة; [i. e.] it signifies also أَتَى بِالعَصَبِيَّةِ; which means [He aided his people, or party, against hostile conduct: or he was angry, or zealous, for the sake of his party, and defended them: (see عَصَبِىٌّ and عَصَبِيَّةٌ:) or] he invited, or summoned, others to the aid of his party, and to combine, or league, with them against those who acted towards them with hostility, whether they were wrongdoers or wronged. And you say, تَعَصَّبُوا عَلَيْهِمْ They leagued, or collected themselves, together against them: and تَعَصَّبْنَا لَهُ, and مَعَهُ, We [leagued together for him, and with him, and] defended him. [See also De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., see. ed., i. 445-6; where it is shown that التَّعَصُّبُ in religion means The being zealous, or a zealot: and see Har pp. 423 and 573.]
4 And تعصّب بِالشَّىْءِ He was, or became, content with the thing; as also . بِهِ.
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