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1 أَصَرَهُ ذ , aor. اَصِرَ , inf. n. أَصْرٌ, He, or it, (a thing, Ks,) confined, restricted, limited, kept close, kept within certain bounds or limits, shut up, imprisoned, held in custody, detained, retained, restrained, withheld, debarred, hindered, impeded, or prevented, him or it: (Ks, S, M, A, * K:) it straitened him. (TA.) You say, أَصَرْتُ الرَّجُلَ عَلَى ذٰلِكَ I confined, or restricted, the man to that thing, or affair. (Ks.) And أَصَرْتُهُ عَنْ حَاجَتَهُ, and عَمَّا أَرَادَهُ, I withheld, restrained, or debarred, him from the thing that he wanted, and from the thing that he desired. (IAar.) ― -b2- أَصَرَ البَيْتَ, aor. and inf. n. as above, He made, or put, to the tent an إِِصَار. (K,* TK.) -A2- Also, aor. and inf. n. as above, He broke it. (ElUmawee, S, M, K.*) ― -b2- He inclined, or bent, it. (M, K* TA.) ― -b3- It inclined him, (As, S, K,) عَلَى فُلَانٍ to such a one. (As, S.) See an ex. voce آصِرَةٌ.

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