Core sense — he disposed himself to do the thinggenerated
2.1
He disposed and subjected his mind, or himself, to doing the thing; synonym مَهَّدَهَا لِفِعْلِهِ وَذَلَّلَهَا.
2.1.1he induced, or persuaded, himself to do the thing—وظّن نفسه على الشَّىْءِ
Synonym حَمَلَهَا عَلَيْهِ.
he induced, or persuaded, himself to do the thing—لَهُ
on this sense See also forms 5 and 10.
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He disposed and subjected his mind, or himself, to do the thing; syn. مَهَّدَهَا لِفِعْلِهِ وَذَلَّلَهَا (Msb.) وظّن نفسه على الشَّىْءِ , and لَهُ , He induced, or persuaded, himself to do the thing; syn. حَمَلَهَا عَلَيْهِ . (ISd, in TA.) See also 5 and 10.