وءد

8 اِتَّأَدَ ذ (originally اِوْتَأَدَ, S,) and ↓ تَوَأَّدَ He acted, or behaved, with moderation, gentleness, or deliberation, moderately, gently, deliberately, or contr. of hastily: with gravity, staidness, sedateness, or calmness: (T, S, M, A, L, Msb, K:) from تُؤَدَةٌ [q. v.]: (S:) or from وَأْدٌ: or, as some say, formed by transposition, and from تَأَوَّدَت فِى قِيَامِهَا, meaning “ she (a woman) bent in her rising, by reason of her heaviness. ” (T, L.) Ex. اتّأد فِى أَمْرِهِ, and فِيهِ ↓ توأّد, He acted with moderation, gentleness, &c., in his affair: (S, * A, L, * Msb:) and فِى مَشْيِهِ in his walk, or pace, or gait. (S, L.)