احرزهُ
1.
, verbal noun إِحْرَازٌ, He kept, preserved, or guarded, it; he took care of it; (TA;) as also
حَرَزَهُ, (K,) aorist
حَرُزَ
, (TK,) verbal noun حَرْزٌ; (TA;) or the latter is formed by substitution of a letter from حَرَسَهُ: (K:) or the former signifies he put it in a
حِرْز [q. v.]; (Mgh, Msb;) and so ↓ the latter: (TA:) and the former, he preserved it from being taken. (TA.) You say, أَحْرَرَهُ فِى
وِعَايءِهِ [He kept, or preserved, it in his, or its, receptacle]. (A.) And أَحْرَزْتُ المَتَاعَ
I put the goods into the
حِرْز. (Msb.) And أَنْفَسَكُمْ
حَرِّزُوا
Preserve ye, or guard ye, yourselves: (A:) [or do so strenuously; for it is said that] حرّزهُ, verbal noun تَحْرِيزٌ, signifies he took extraordinary pains in keeping, preserving, or guarding, it. (K.) You say also أَحْرَزَتْ فَرْجَهَا
She (a woman, TA) guarded her pudendum; (K, TA;) as though she put it in an inaccessible حِرْز. (TA.) And احرز المَكَانُ الرَّجُلَ
The place protected the man; afforded him refuge; as also
حرّزهُ, (K,) verbal noun تَحْرِيزٌ. (TA.)
2.
He made it firm, or strong. (KL.) [He fortified it, or protected it against attack: see حَرُزَ.]
3.
He drew, collected, or gathered, it together; (Msb, TA;) as also
حَرَزَهُ, [aorist
حَرُزَ
,] verbal noun حَرْزٌ. (TA.) Hence, (Msb,) أَحْرَزَ قَصَبَ السَّبْقِ
He grasped, or clutched, the winning-canes; he got them for himself: (Msb:) (tropical:) he outstripped; outran; or won the race. (A, TA. See قَصَبٌ.) [Hence also,] أَحْرَزَ الأَجْرَ
He took, received, or got possession of, the recompense, reward, hire, pay, or wages; synonym حَازَهُ. (K.) Whence the prov., أَحْرَزْتُ نَهْبِى وَ أَبْتَغِى
النَّوَافِلَ [I have gained my spoil, and I seek the superabundant gain]: originally said by Aboo-Bekr: he used to perform the prayer called الوتر in the beginning of the night, and to say these words; meaning, that he had performed his وِتْر, and was safe from its escaping his observance, and that he had gained his recompense for it; and if he awoke in the night, would perform the supererogatory prayers. (TA.) You say also, أَحْرَزَ الخَطَرَ [He won the bet]. (A in article خطر.)