عز

2 عزّزهُ ذ , (inf. n. تَعْزِيزٌ, TA,) He rendered him mighty, potent, powerful, or strong; he strengthened him; (S, Msb, TA;) بِاآخَرَ by, or by means of, another; (Msb;) as also ↓ عَزَّهُ, (S, Msb, TA,) aor. عَزُ3َ , inf. n. عَزٌّ; (Msb;) and ↓ اعزّهُ: (O, TA:) the agent is God, (S, TA,) and a man: (Msb, TA:) He (God, S, TA) rendered him mighty, potent, powerful, or strong, after he had been low, or mean, in condition; (K, TA;) as also ↓ اعزّهُ [which is the more common in this sense, and as signifying He rendered him high, or elevated, in rank or condition or state, or noble, honourable, glorious, or illustrious ]. (S, K, TA.) In the Kur [xxxvi. 13], some read, فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ; (S, TA;) and others, بثالث ↓ فَعَزَزْنَا; meaning And then we strengthened [them] by a third. (S, O, TA.) [See also an explanation of a verse cited voce عَزَاآءٌ in art. عزى.] ― -b2- عزّز المُطَرُ الأَرْضَ, (S, O, K,) and عزّز مِنْهَا, (O, K,) inf. n. تَعْزِيزٌ, (K,) The rain made the earth compact, or coherent, (S, O, K, TA,) and hard, so that the feet did not sink into it. (TA.) ― -b3- عزّز بِهِمْ, (inf. n. as above, TA,) He treated them with hardness, severity, or rigour; not with indulgence. (A, TA.)