ساوقهُ

Form: 3

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ساوقهُIII He vied, or competed, with him, in driving: (K: [in the CK, for فى السَّوْقِ, is put فى السُّوْقِ:]) or he vied, or competed, with him to decide which of them twain was the stronger; from the phrase قَامَتِ الحَرْبُ عَلَى سَاقٍ. [Hence,] one says بَعِيرٌ يُسَاوِقُ الصَّيْدَ [A camel that vies with the animals of the chase in driving on, or in strength].
2 مُسَاوَقَةٌ is also syn. with مُتَابَعَةٌ [app. as meaning The making to be consecutive, or successive, for it is added], as though driving on one another, or as though one portion were driving on another.
3 [Freytag also assigns to ساوق the meaning of He, or it, followed , as on the authority of the Hamáseh; but without pointing out the page; and it is not in his index of words explained therein.]

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