عكر

1 عَكَرَ ذ , aor. عَكِرَ (S, O, Msb) and عَكُرَ , (Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. عَكْرٌ (S, O) and عُكُورٌ (O) [and مَعْكَرٌ, occurring in the Ham p. 200], He, or it, (a thing, Msb,) turned, or inclined; (S, O, Msb;) turned back; returned: (Mgh, Msb:) and ↓ انعكر [likewise] signifies he, or it, turned or inclined; or became turned or inclined. (O.) ― -b2- عَكَرَ بِهِ بَعِيرُهُ His camel turned with him towards his family, and overcame him; like عَجَرَ بِهِ [q. v.]; (S, O;) overcame him, and turned back. (Msb.) ― -b3- عَكَرَ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, aor. عَكِرَ , inf. n. عَكْرٌ and عُكُورٌ; and ↓ اعتكر; He turned back, or returned, against the thing. (K.) You say فَرَّ مِنْ قِرْنِهِ ثُمَّ عَكَرَ عَلَيْهِ بِالرُّمْحِ [ He fled from his adversary, or wheeled about widely from him, then ] turned back against him with the spear: (A, TA:) and ↓ اعتكر [likewise] signifies he turned back [against his adversary] after fleeing, or wheeling about widely [from him]. (IDrd, O.) [Hence, عَكَرَ عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) It (a saying) contradicted it, namely, another saying; it was contradictory, or repugnant, to it. See an ex. voce سَبْعٌ.] ― -b4- [And He returned to the thing. See an ex. voce قَرَدٌ.] You say also عَكَرَ الزَّمَانُ عَلَيْهِ بِخَيْرٍ Fortune turned towards him with good. (IKtt.) -A2- [And عَكَرَ is also trans. as signifying He made his soul to turn, &c., against another in fight: see Ham p. 200.] -A3- See also 4. -A4- عَكِرَ, aor. عَكَرَ , (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَكَرٌ, (S, Msb,) It (water, S, O, K, and wine, S, O, and beverage of the kind called نَبِيذ, K, and oil, S, O) became dreggy, or feculent, (S, O, K,) thick, (S, O,) or turbid. (Msb.) ― -b2- عَكِرَتِ المِسْرَجَةُ The lamp had dregs collected in it. (S, O.)