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دَرَّجَ

Root: درج

Form: 2

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دَرَّجَII [درّجهُ, Verbal.Noun تَدْرِيجٌ, He made him to go on foot; to go step by step; to step along; or to walk: he made him to walk a little, at his first beginning to walk: or he made him to walk with a weak gait; to creep along; or to go, or walk, leisurely, slowly, softly, or gently: see 1, first sentence: and see also 10, first sentence.] You say, of a child, يُدَرَّجُ عَلَى الحَالِ [He is made to walk, &c., leaning upon the go-cart].
2 [Hence,] درّجهُ, Verbal.Noun تَدْرِيجٌ, He brought him near, or caused him to draw near, by degrees (عَلَى التَّدْرِيجِ, S), or by little and little, إِلَى كَذَا to such a thing, or إِلَى الأَمْرِ to the thing or affair; as also استدرجهُ .
3 And He exalted him, or elevated him, from one grade, or station, to another, by degrees (عَلَى التَّدْرِيجِ); as also استدرجهُ .
4 And hence, He accustomed him, or habituated him, إِلَى كَذَا to such a thing.
5 [Hence] also, Verbal.Noun as above, He fed him, namely, a sick person, when in a state of convalescence, by little and little, until he attained by degrees to the full amount of food that he ate before his illness.
6 دَرَّجَنِى, Verbal.Noun as above, said of corn, or food, and of an affair, It was beyond, or it baffled, my ability, or power, to attain it, or accomplish it.
7 See also 4.

def.2 درّج as an intrans. v. signifies He went on foot, or walked, [&c.,] much.

def.3 [It is also said to signify He imitated the cry of the bird called دُرَّاج: see De Sacy's “ Chrest. Ar. ” 2nd ed. ii. 39.]


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