غلظ

2 غلّظ الشَّىْءَ ذ , inf. n. تَغْلِيظٌ, He made, or rendered, the thing غَلِيظ [in the proper sense, i. e., thick, gross, big, bulky, or coarse; &c.: ― -b2- and also, and more commonly, in a tropical sense, i. e., (tropical:) hard, or difficult, and the like ]: (TA:) and غلّظ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ, inf. n. as abuse, (tropical:) [ he made the thing hard, or difficult, or the like, to him; ] and hence دِيَةٌ مَغَلَّظَةٌ, which see below. (S, TA,) [Hence also,] غَلَّظْتُ اليَمِينَ, inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) I made the oath strong, or forcible; I confirmed, or ratified, it: (Msb;) [and so ↓ أَغْلَظْتُهَا; for you say,] حَلَفَ بِاـِغْلَاظِ اليَمِينِ (tropical:) [ He swore, making the oath strong, &c.]. (TA.) And غَلَّظْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِى اليَمِينِ, inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) I was hard, rigorous, or severe, to him in the oath. (Msb.) ― -b3- تَغْلِيظٌ in pronunciation: see تَفْخِيمٌ.