He (a man) owed what is termedعِقَال, (O, K, TA,) i. e. a year's poor-rate. (TA.)
2.
اعقل القَوْمُThe people, or party, became in the condition of finding the shade to have declined, and contracted, or shrunk, with them, at midday. (S, O.)
3.
-A2- اعقلهُHe found him to beعَاقِل [i. e. intelligent, &c.]: (K:) it is similar to أَحْمَدَهُ and أَبْخَلَهُ. (TA.)