اجاعهُ

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اجاعهُIV , Verbal.Noun إِجَاعَةٌ; and جوّعهُ , Verbal.Noun تَجْوِيعٌ; He constrained him to be hungry, or empty in the belly: or he debarred him from food and drink. It is said in a prov., أَجِعْ كَلْبَكَ يَتْبَعْكَ [Make thy dog to be hungry and he will follow thee]; meaning constrain thou the ignoble to have recourse to thee, by want, in order that he may continue by thee; for if he be in no need of thee, he will leave thee: and for أَجِعْ, some say .

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