عظل

5 التَّعَظُّلُ ذ is a dial. var. of التَّعَاظُلُ. (Marg. note in an autographical copy of the TA. See 3, first sentence.) ― -b2- تعظّلوا عَلَيْهِ They collected themselves together against him; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ عظّلوا, inf. n. تَعْظِيلٌ: (K:) or they bore, or pressed, or crowded, as though mounting one another, upon him, to beat him. (TA.) ― -b3- And one says, ظَلَّ يَتَعَظَّلُ فِى أَثَرِهِ مُنْذُ اليُوْمِ He passed the time pursuing hard after it during the day; meaning a thing that had escaped him. (O, TA.)