اِلْتَزَمَ

1.
He took upon himself an affair. (KL.) You say, اِلْتَزَمَهُ He took it upon himself; charged himself with it; obliged himself to do it; became, or made himself, answerable for it by an inseparable obligation: see بَاءَ.
2.
اِلْتَزَمْتُ بَالمَالِ i. q. أَلْزَمْتُ بِهِ نَفْسِى, and تَكَفَّلْتُ بَهَ, according to IAmb, or تَحَمَّلْتُ بِهِ, according to AZ; (Msb in article كفل;) I made myself answerable, responsible or accountable, by an inseparable obligation, for the property: see ضَمِنَ.
3.
اِلْتَزَمَ المَالَ, and العَمَلَ, He obliged himself, or took upon himself the obligation, to pay the money &c., and to do the deed. (Msb.)
4.
اِلْتَزَمَهُ He kept, or restricted himself, to it; i. e. an action, or usage, &c.
5.
And It was, or became, necessary for him, or obligatory upon him, to do it, or pay it, &c.; or to suffer it, or endure it.
6.
دَلَفَ لِالْتِزَامِى He hastened to take me by the hand and embrace me: see دَلَفَ.
7.
اِلْتِزَامٌ i. q. لُزُومُ مَا لَا يَلْزَمُ: see below.

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