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qābiẓ(act. part. of قبض 'to take, seize, grasp,' etc.), part. adj. & s.m. Taking, seizing, grasping, holding, possessing;—astringent; constipating;—taker, seizer, etc.; holder, possessor, occupier, occupant, party in possession; a sequestrator;—an astringent, a constipator:—qābiẓ-ě-shikamī, s.m. Undertenant, sub-lessee:—qābiẓu’l-arwāḥ, s.m. 'The seizer of souls,' the angel of death:—qābiẓhonāor ho-jānā, or qābiẓho-baithnā(-par), To seize (on), get hold (of), take possession (of); to enter on occupation (of), or settle (upon, another's land).
Origin: Arabic