[1]
عَزَمَ عَلَيْهِ , (S, Msb, K,) aor.
عَزِمَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n.
عَزْمٌ (S, Msb, K) and
عُزْمٌ (S, K) and
عَزْمَةٌ (TA)
and
عُزْمَانٌ (K) and
عَزِيمَةٌ and
عَزِيمٌ (S, K) and
مَعْزَمٌ and
مَعْزِمٌ; (K;) and
عَزَمَهُ; (Msb, K;)
both signify the same; (IB, TA;) and ↓
اعتزم
عَلَيْهِ, (S, K,) and ↓
اعتزمهُ; and ↓
تعزّم [app.
تعزّم
عليه, but accord. to the TK
تعزّمهُ]; (K;) [
He
determined, resolved, or
decided, upon it, or
upon
doing it, namely, an affair;]
he desired to do it,
and decided, or
determined, upon it; (S, K;)
he
settled, or
determined, his heart, or
mind, firmly
(
عَقَدَ ضَمِيرَهُ)
upon doing it: (Msb:) or
he strove,
laboured, or
toiled, in it, namely, an affair; or
exerted himself or
his power or
efforts or
endeavours or
ability therein: (K:) or so
عَزَمَ: (TA:)
or
عَزَمَ, inf. n.
عَزِيمَةٌ and
عَزْمَةٌ, signifies also
he
strove, &c.,
in his affair: (Msb:) and
عَزَمَ الأَمْرَ
signifies
he made the affair to have, or
take,
effect; and
settled it firmly: (Har p. 3:) or, accord. to Ktr,
he so settled it, and
confirmed it.
(Id. p. 105.) [See also
عَزْمٌ and
عَزِيمَةٌ, below.]
وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْمًا, in the Kur [xx. 114], means
[
And we found him not to have]
a quality of
deciding an affair. (S.) [
قَدْ أَحْزِمُ لَوْ أَعْزِمُ, a prov.:
see expl. in art.
حزم.] ―
2-b2- One says also,
عَزَمَ الأَمْرُ,
meaning
عُزِمَ عَلَيْهِ: (K, TA:) and hence, in the
Kur [xlvii. 23],
فَإِذَا عَزَمَ الأَمْرُ [
And when the affair
is determined upon]: or the meaning may be,
فَإِذَا
عَزَمَ أَرْبَابُ الأَمْرِ [
and when the disposers of the
affair determine upon it]: but accord. to Zj, the
meaning is,
and when the affair is serious, or
earnest, and the command to engage in fight becomes obligatory. (TA.) ―
2-b3-
عَزَمَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ
means
He conjured the man: (S, * K, TA:) or
he
commanded him, or
enjoined him, earnestly:
لَيَفْعَلَنَّ كَذَا [
that he should surely do such a thing]:
(TA:) or
عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ means
I make thy informing me to be a decided thing in which there shall be
no exception: and one says also,
عَزَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا
فَعَلْتَ and
لَمَّا فَعَلْتَ [virtually meaning
I conjure
thee to do such a thing]; as though one said, By
Allah,
I demand not of thee [
aught]
save [
thy
doing] this: so says Mtr, referring to “ the Book ”
of Sb. (Har pp. 21 and 22. [But
عَزَمَ is there,
inadvertently, put for
إِلَّا.]) ―
2-b4- And one says,
عَزَمَ
الرَّاقِى The charmer recited عَزَائِم, meaning
charms,
or
spells, [for the cure of a disease, &c.;] (K, TA;)
as though he conjured the disease [&c.]: and in
like manner,
عَزَمَ الحَوَّآءُ [
The serpent-charmer recited charms, or
spells,] is said when he draws
forth the serpent; as though he conjured it. (TA.)
[See an ex. voce
دَادَ, in art.
دود. ―
2-b5- Hence,
عَزَمَ
is used in the present day as meaning
He invited
to an entertainment. ―
2-b6- And Freytag mentions its
occurring often in the book entitled
بغية المستفيد
فى مدينة زبيد as signifying
He went, or
tended,
to, or towards, (
إِلَى,) some place: but this signification is probably post-classical: it is correctly
expressed by 8, q. v.]