طوّلهُ

, (S, O, Msb, K,) verbal noun تَطْوِيلٌ; (O;) and ↓ اطالهُ, (S, O, Msb, K,) and ↓ أَطْوَلَهُ, (S, O, K,) verbal noun إِطَالَةٌ; (O;) both signify the same; (S, O, Msb, K;) He elongated it; extended it; lengthened it; or made it long, or tall or high; (S, * O, Msb;) synonym مَدَّهُ, (S, * O, * Msb,) and جَعَلَهُ طَوِيلًا. (O, TA.) You say, طَوَّلْتُ الحَدِيدَةَ I elongated, or lengthened, the piece of iron. (Msb.) And اللّٰهُ بَقَاءَهُ ↓ اطال God extended, or prolonged, his continuance [in life]; or may God extend, &c. (Msb.) And المَجْلِسَ ↓ اطال He extended, or prolonged, the time of the assembly. (Msb.) And طوَّل لِلْفَرَسِ, (S, O,) or لِلدَّابَّةِ, (Msb, K,) He slackened [or lengthened] (S, O, Msb, K) the tether, (S, O, K,) or rope, (Msb,) of the horse, (S, O,) or of the beast, (Msb, K,) in the place of pasture, (S, O, K,) or that it might pasture [more largely]: (Msb:) and لَهَا الطِّوَلَ ↓ اطال and الطِّيَلَ [signify the same]. (TA, from a tradition) And [hence] طوّل لَهُ (verbal noun as above, S) He granted him a delay, or respite; (S, O, Msb, K;) said of God: (S:) and فِى ↓ المُطَاوَلَةُ الأَمْرِ means التَّطْوِيلُ فِيهِ; (Msb;) [i. e.] طاولهُ signifies he delayed, or deferred, with him, (S, O, K, TA,) فِى الأَمْرِ [in the affair], (S, O,) or فِى الدَّيْنِ [in the case of the debt] and العِدَةِ [the promise]. (TA.) [And طوّل عَلَيْهِ and ↓ تطوّل He was prolix, or tedious, to him: see 2 in article بسق; and see an example of the former voce حَوْزٌ.]