be characterized, scrutinize

[He marked, or put a mark on, the garment, &c.]; said of a trader, or dealer. (JK in art. رقم.) ― -b2- وَسَمَهُ بِالهِجَآءِ [He branded him, or stigmatized him, with satire]. (TA.) See a hemistich cited voce شَكِىٌّ. ― -b3- وَسَمَهُ He marked it [in any manner]. (Msb.) ― -b4- وَسَمَهُ بِالقَوْلِ (tropical:) He stigmatized him, or set a mark upon him whereby he should be known, by something said. (TA in art. علظ.) ― -b5- وَسَمْتُ الكِتَابَ [I put a superscription, or title, to the book, or writing.] (TA in art. عنو.) ― -b6- وَسُمَ, inf. n. وَسَامَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and وَسَامٌ, (S, K,) He (a man, S) was beautiful in face: (S, Msb:) or bore the impress, or stamp, of beauty. (K.)

i. q. تَفَرَّسْتُهُ; (S;) [I discovered, or perceived, in him good, or goodness, by right opinion formed from its outward signs;] originally, I knew its real existence in him by its outward sign. (MF.) See also Har, pp. 30, 46, 76. ― -b2- تَوَسَّمَ He examined deliberately in order to know the real state or character of a thing by the external sign thereof. (Bd, xv. 75.) ― -b3- He perceived a thing by forming a correct opinion from its outward signs. (TK.)

A brand, or mark or figure made with a hot iron, upon an animal. (K.) And i. q. عَلَامَةٌ [A mark, sign, badge, token, symptom, &c.]. (Msb.) And The عُلْوَان [or title] of a book or writing. (TA in art. علو.) See also سِيمَةٌ and سِيمَى in art. سوم.

[now applied to Woad]: i. q. عِظْلِمٌ, with which one tinges or dyes [the hands, &c.]: (S:) a certain plant, with the leaves of which one tinges or dyes [the hands, &c.]; and said to be the عِظْلِم: (Msb:) the leaves of the نِيل [or indigo-plant]: or a plant [of another species (TA)] with the leaves of which one tinges or dyes [the hands, &c.] (K.)

: on the rain thus called, see نَوْءٌ.

[A periodical festival: a fair:] i. q. عِيدٌ. (Msb, art. عود.) ― -b2- مَوْسِمُ الحَاجِّ The fair, and place of meeting, of the pilgrims. (Mgh.)

A brand, or mark made with a hot iron. (TA, voce خِدَادٌ.) ― -b2- [Originally] A branding, or cauterizing, instrument [or iron]; (S, K;) a marking instrument. (Msb.) ― -b3- An impress, or a character, of beauty. (S, K.) See an ex. in a verse cited voce أَثِمَ.