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4 أَقْبَلْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ ذ I made it to face the thing: (S, K:) and الشَّىْءَ ↓ قَابَلْتُهُ app. signifies the same: see a verse of El-Aashà voce اِرْتِسَامٌ. ― -b2- أَقْبَلَ بِهِ [He turned it forward; contr. of أَدْبَرَ بِهِ]. (S, K, art. دبر.) ― -b3- أَقْبَلَ He came, facing; (JK, S, * K; *) came forward; came on; advanced; contr. of أَدْبَرَ. (S, K.) ― -b4- أَقْبَلْتُ قِبَلَكَ [not قُبْلَكَ] I advanced, or came, toward thee. Like قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ. (L, art. حرد.) See also Kur, ii. 172. ― -b5- أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He advanced, or approached, towards him, or it. ― -b6- أَقْبَلَ عَلَى إِِنْسَانٍ, as though he desired no other person. (JK.) ― -b7- اقْبَالٌ The advancing of fortune; contr. of إِِدْبَارٌ. ― -b8- الإِِقْبَالُ فِى الدُّنْيَا [Advance in the world, or in worldly circumstances]. (Mgh in art. جد.) إِِقْبَالٌ signifies The being fortunate. (KL.) ― -b9- إِِقْبَالٌ i. q. دَوْلَةٌ [Good fortune; &c.; see تامِكُ]: and عِزَّةٌ [might; &c.]. (Kull, p. 64.) ― -b10- أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He showed favour to him: or, more properly, he presented a favourable aspect to him; or, accord. to general usage, he met him kindly; see بَشَّ لَهُ. ― -b11- أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا, (A, art. فتح,) The world favoured him. ― -b12- أَقْبَلَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ He set about, or commenced, doing a thing. (K, &c.) ― -b13- See تَصَدَّدَ. ― -b14- أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He clave to it: and he took to, set about, began, or commenced it; as also عليه ↓ قَبَلَ . (K.) ― -b15- [أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ, and بِالعَصَا, and بِالسَّوْطِ He advanced against him, or set upon him, with the sword, and with the staff or stick, and with the whip.] ― -b16- You say, أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْه بِالسَّوْطِ يَضْرِبُهُ [He advanced against him, or set upon him, with the whip, striking him]. (S in art. حول.) ― -b17- See قَبَلٌ. ― -b18- يُقْبِلُ بِالدَّلْوِ إِِلَى البِئْرِ and أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ الَى إِِقْبَالٍ: see أَدْبَرَ. ― -b19- أَقْبَل عَلَيْهِ بِالتَّعْنِيفِ: see Har, p. 165 ― -b20- أَقْبِلْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ [Betake, or apply, thyself to thine own affairs]. (T, voce إِِلَى.) ― -b21- دَبَرَتْ لَهُ الرِّيحُ بَعْدَ مَا أَقْبَلَتْ: see دبر. ― -b22- أَقْبَلَ [He recovered, or regained, health;] occurring in the K, as the explanation of ثَابَ جِسْمُهُ. (K, art. ثوب.) أَقْبَلَ بَعْدَ هُزَالٍ. (K, voce حَشَمَ.) ― -b23- أَقْبَلَ, with reference to the slit ear of a she-camel: see أَدْبَرَ. ― -b24- أَقْبِلْنَا بِذِمَّةٍ, app. a mistranscription for أَقْلِبْنَا: see ذِمَّةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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