-A2- ↓عَاجَزْتُهُ فَعَجَزْتُهُ, (A, K,) aorist of the latter
عَجُزَ, (TA,) I contended with him in a race, and I outstripped him. (A, O, K.)
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And عاجز (verbal noun مُعَاجِزَةٌ, TA) He outstripped, and was not reached; as also ↓اعجز: (A:) or he went away, and was not reached: (S, O, K:) or he fled, and could not be caught. (Msb.)
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-A3- عاجز إِلَى ثِقَةٍHe inclined to a trusty person, (S, A, O, K,) and had recourse to him for refuge. (A.) [Hence,] فُلَانٌ يُعَاجِزُ عَنِ الحَقِّ إِلَى البَاطِلِSuch a one declines from the truth to falsehood, and has recourse to the latter for protection. (A, TA.)
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And عاجز القَوْمُThe people, or company of men, left a thing and began another. (TA.)