عَجِلَ

[1] عَجِلَ , [aor. عَجَلَ ,] (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَجَلٌ and عَجَلَةٌ, (S, * Mgh, O, * Msb, K, *) He hasted, hastened, made haste, or sped; he was, or became, hasty, speedy, quick, or expeditious; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ تعجّل; (Mgh, Msb, K;) and ↓ عجّل, [app. for عجّل نَفْسَهُ,] inf. n. تَعْجِيلٌ; (K;) and ↓ استعجل; (Mgh, Msb;) or this last signifies he required himself to haste, &c., constraining, or tasking, himself to do so. (Sb, K.) [See also عَجَلٌ below.] One says, عَجِلْتُ لَهُ [I hasted, &c., to him, or it]. (O.) And عَجِلْتُ بِهِ [I was quick, or beforehand, with him]: see 4. (Mgh.) And عَجِلْتُ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ I preceded, outwent, or got first, to the thing. (Msb.) ― 2-b2- Also i. q. حَضَرَ [meaning It was, or became, present, or ready; said of a price, hire, payment, or the like; contr. of أَجِلَ]. (Msb.) ― 2-b3- And عَجِلَ مِنْهُ He turned aside from him, or it. (TA.) ＝ 1-A2- [It is also trans., as having, or implying, the meaning of سَبَقَ:] see 4.