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وثق

1 وَثُقَ ذ It was, or became, firm, stable, fast, or strong; (Msb;) i. q. أُحْكِمَ (S, Mgh, K) [or اِسْتَحْكَمَ, q. v.]. ― -b2- وَثِقَ بِهِ He trusted, or confided, in him. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) 4 أَوْثَقَهُ ذ He made it firm, stable, fast, or strong. (Msb.) ― -b2- He bound, or tied, him, or it, firmly, fast, or strongly, in a bond. (S, K, TK.) See شَدَّهُ. 5 تَوَثَّقَتِ العُقْدَةُ ذ [The knot became firm, or fast]. (A, in art. ارب.) 10 اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْهُ ذ [He secured himself against him, by a bond or the like, or absolutely:] he took, or received, a bond (وَثِيقَة) from him. (S, K.) ― -b2- أُكْتُبُوهُ ا@سْتِيثَاقًا وَدَفْعًا لِلنِّزَاعِ [Write ye it, (namely, the debt,) for the creditor's self-securing, and for preventing contention]. (Jel, ii. 282.) See اِسْتَظْهَرَ. ― -b3- اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ البَابِ He closed the door firmly. (MA.) ― -b4- اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِ: see أَعْنَجَ. ― -b5- اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ المَالِ: see استوثج. ― -b6- اِسْتَوْثَقَ بِهِ He confided in him. ثِقَةٌ ذ Trusty; trustworthy; honest: applied as an epithet alike to a man and a woman, and to two or more men or women: pl. ثِقَاتٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- بِهِ ثِقَتِى In him is my trust, or confidence. (TA.) ― -b3- لَسْتُ مِنْهُ عَلَى ثِقَةٍ I am not confident, or sure, of it. Occurring in the S, art. ضمر, &c. See an ex. voce شَهْرٌ (last sentence). ― -b4- أَخُو ثِقَةٍ: see أَخٌ. ― -b5- أَخَذَ بِالثِّقَةِ: see أَخَذَ, and see my explanation of إِِحْتَاطَ. الوَثِيقَةُ فِى الأَمْرِ ذ The doing the thing firmly; and taking the sure method, or way; expl. by إِِحْكَامُهُ والأَخْذُ بِالثَِّقَةِ. (TA.) ― -b2- وَثِيقَةٌ A bond, security, or writing of obligation for the payment of a debt or the like: pl. وَثَائِقُ. Ex., كِتْبَةُ الوَثَائِقِ (Bd, ii. 282,) The mode of writing bonds. ― -b3- A pledge. ― -b4- وَثِيقَةٌ i. q. دُرْجَةٌ, q. v. أَخَذَ الأَمْرَ بِالأَوْثَقِ ذ He set about the affair in the surest, or firmest, manner. (TA.) مَوْثِقٌ ذ and ↓ مِيثَاقٌ A compact; a contract; a covenant; an agreement; a league; a treaty; an engagement; a bond; an obligation; a promise. (S, K, &c.) مِيثَاقٌ ذ : see مَوْثِقٌ; and Jel, &c., in ii. 60 and 87. مَوْثُوقٌ بِهِ ذ In whom [and in which] trust, or confidence, is placed. (Mgh.) مُوَثَّقَةُ الخَلْقِ ذ A she-camel rendered firm, strong, or compact, in make. (S.)

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