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اضرّهُ

Root: ضر

Form: 4

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اضرّهُIV : see 1, first sentence.
2 اضرّهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ He compelled him against his will to do the thing. [See also 8.]

def.2 اضرّ, intrans., It approached so near as to harm, injure, or hurt; or so near as to straighten, or incommode. You say, اضرّ بِهِ, meaning It approached very near to him, so as to annoy him: or he drew very near to him: or he clave, or stuck, to him. And اضرّ بِالطَّرِيق He approached the road, but was not upon it. And بَنُو فُلَانٍ يُضِرُّ الطَّرِيقُ The sons of such a one are one the travelled track. And اضرّ السَّيْلُ مِنَ الحَائِطِ The torrent drew near to the wall: and السَّحَابُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ the clouds to the earth.
2 اضرّ عَلَيْهِ He importuned him; plied him; plied him hard; pressed him; pressed him hard; was urgent with him; persecuted him, or harassed him.
3 اضرّ الفَرَسُ عَلَى فَأْسِ اللِّجَامِ The horse champed the فأس [q. v.] of the bit; and so اضزّ.
4 اضرّ فُلَانٌ عَلَى السَّيْرِ الشَّدِيدِ Such a one bore patiently hard journeying.

def.3 Also, Verbal.Noun إِضْرَارٌ, He took to himself a wife while having another wife: [and so, app., : (see ضِرٌّ:)] or he gave [a woman] in marriage to a man having at the time another wife.

def.4 اضرّ يَعْدُو signifies He hastened somewhat in running, accord. to A 'Obeyd; but Et-Toosee says that this is a mistake, and that it is correctly اصرّ.
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