عدّلهُ
Root: عدل
Form: 2
Full Definition
2 He made it straight, or even; namely, a thing; as, for instance, an arrow; right, or in a right condition; direct, or rightly directed; and so . Hence, فَعَدَّلَكَ and , accord. to different readers, in the Kur [lxxxii. 7, which I would rather render And hath made thee symmetrical]: or the latter means and hath turned thee from unbelief to belief; or, accord. to Fr, and hath turned thee to whatever form He pleased, beautiful or ugly, tall or short: but Az says that the former reading was the more pleasing to Fr, and is the better.
3 He made it equal; namely, a pair of scales, or a weight, and a measure, &c. Hence, قِسْمَةُ التَّعْدِيلِ i. e. The division of a thing [in an equal manner] with regard to the value and utility, not with regard to the quantity, so that the smaller portion may be equal to the larger portion in value and utility. You say, عَدَّلَ القَسَّامُ الأَنْصِبَآءَ لِلْقَسْمِ بَيْنَ الشُّرَكَآءِ i. e. [The divider of inheritances] made equal the shares [for distribution among the participators].
4 عدّل الشِّعْرَ He made the poetry, or verse, to be right in measure.
5 تَعْدِيلُ أَرْكَانِ الصَّلَاةِ means The making the limbs, or members, to be still, in the bowing of the head and body, and in the prostration, and in the standing between these two acts, and in the sitting between the two prostrations.
6 عدّلهُ signifies also He attributed to him what is termed عَدَالَة [Verbal.Noun of عَدُلَ]; described him as possessing that quality; pronounced him to be veracious, and good, or righteous; pronounced him to be such as is termed عَدْل [q. v.]: تَعْدِيلُ الشُّهُودِ is the pronouncing the witnesses to be عُدُول [pl. of عَدْلٌ].
7 عدّل أَمْرَهُ: and عَدَّلْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا: see 3.
8 شَرِبَ حَتَّى عَدَّلَ He drank until he became full: or until his belly became like the [load called] عِدْل.
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