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1 أَسَرَهُ ذ (S, M, A,) aor. اَسِرَ , inf. n. أَسْرٌ (S, M, K) and إِِسَارٌ, (M, TA,) He bound, braced, or tied, him, [namely, his captive,] or it, (S, M, A, K,) namely, his قَتَب [or camel's saddle], (S, A,) or his horse's saddle, (A,) with an إِِسَار, i. e. a thong of untanned hide, (S, A,) by tying the two extremities of the عَرْقُوْتَانِ of the camel's saddle, or of the curved pieces of wood of the horse's saddle. (A.) ― -b2- Also, aor. as above, and so the inf. n., i. e. أَسْرٌ (S, Msb) and إِِسَارٌ, (Lth, S,) He made him a captive; captived him; or took him a prisoner; whether he bound him with an إِِسَار or did not; (S;) as also ↓ آسرهُ , of the same form as أَكْرَمَ; (Msb;) and ↓ استأسرهُ , accord. to a trad., in which it occurs thus used, transitively: (Mgh:) and he imprisoned him. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b3- Also, (S, Msb,) inf. n. أَسْرٌ, (Msb,) (assumed tropical:) He (God) created him, or formed him, (S, Msb,) in a goodly manner. (Msb.) You say, أَسَرَهُ ا@للّٰهُ أَحْسَنَ الأَسْرِ God created him, or formed him, in the best manner. (Fr, TA.) ― -b4- أُسِرَ, (S, A,) aor. يُؤْسَرُ; (S;) or أَسِرَ, aor. يَأْسَرُ; (IKtt;) or أُسِرَ بَوْلُهُ; (M;) inf. n. أَسْرٌ, (M, and so in a copy of the S,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (M, IKtt;) He (a man, S, A) suffered suppression of his urine. (S, M, IKtt, A.) [See أُسْرٌ, below.]

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