وثق1 وَثُقَ It was, or became, firm, stable, fast, or strong; (Msb;) i. q.  أُحْكِمَ (S, Mgh, K) [or اِسْتَحْكَمَ, q. v.]. b2:  وَثِقَ بِهِ He trusted, or confided, in him. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) 4 أَوْثَقَهُ He made it firm, stable, fast, or strong. (Msb.) b2:  He bound, or tied, him, or it, firmly, fast, or strongly, in a bond. (S, K, TK.) See شَدَّهُ.5 تَوَثَّقَتِ العُقْدَةُ [The knot became firm, or fast]. (A, in art. ارب.) 10 اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْهُ [He secured himself against him, by a bond or the like, or absolutely:] he took, or received, a bond (وَثِيقَة) from him. (S, K.) b2:  أُكْتُبُوهُ اسْتِيثَاقًا وَدَفْعًا لِلنِّزَاعِ [Write ye it, (namely, the debt,) for the creditor's self-securing, and for preventing contention]. (Jel, ii. 282.) See اِسْتَظْهَرَ. b3:  اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ البَابِ He closed the door firmly. (MA.) b4:  اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِ: see أَعْنَجَ. b5:  اِسْتَوْثَقَ مِنَ المَالِ: see استوثج. b6: اِسْتَوْثَقَ بِهِ He confided in him.ثِقَةٌ Trusty; trustworthy; honest: applied as an epithet alike to a man and a woman, and to two or more men or women: pl. ثِقَاتٌ. (Msb.) b2:  بِهِ ثِقَتِى In him is my trust, or confidence. (TA.) b3:  لَسْتُ مِنْهُ عَلَى ثِقَةٍ I am not confident, or sure, of it. Occurring in the S, art. ضمر, &c. See an ex. voce شَهْرٌ (last sentence). b4:  أَخُو ثِقَةٍ: see أَخٌ. b5:  أَخَذَ بِالثِّقَةِ: see أَخَذَ, and see my explanation of إِحْتَاطَ.الوَثِيقَةُ فِى الأَمْرِ The doing the thing firmly; and taking the sure method, or way; expl. by إِحْكَامُهُ والأَخْذُ بِالثَِّقَةِ. (TA.) b2:  وَثِيقَةٌ A bond, security, or writing of obligation for the payment of a debt or the like: pl. وَثَائِقُ. Ex., كِتْبَةُ الوَثَائِقِ (Bd, ii. 282,) The mode of writing bonds. b3:  A pledge. b4:  وَثِيقَةٌ i. q.دُرْجَةٌ, q. v.أَخَذَ الأَمْرَ بِالأَوْثَقِ He set about the affair in the surest, or firmest, manner. (TA.) مَوْثِقٌ and ↓ مِيثَاقٌ A compact; a contract; a covenant; an agreement; a league; a treaty; an engagement; a bond; an obligation; a promise. (S, K, &c.) مِيثَاقٌ : see مَوْثِقٌ; and Jel, &c., in ii. 60 and 87.مَوْثُوقٌ بِهِ In whom [and in which] trust, or confidence, is placed. (Mgh.) مُوَثَّقَةُ الخَلْقِ A she-camel rendered firm, strong, or compact, in make. (S.)