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أَدَآءَ

Root: دوأ

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَدَآءَIV : see above, in two places.
2 You say also to a man when you suspect him, أَدَأْتَ, Verbal.Noun إِدَآءَةٌ; and أَدْوَأْتَ, Verbal.Noun إِدْوَآءٌ; [i. e. Thou hast done a thing that has made thee an object of suspicion; or thou hast become an object of suspicion.]

def.2 أَدَآءَهُ He [or it] affected him with a disease, or disorder, &c.; [or caused him to be diseased, &c.:] thus the verb is trans. as well as intrans.
2 And ادوأهُ He suspected him; thought evil of him; as also أَدْوَاهُ [without ء]. (AZ, TA in art. دوى.)
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