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ادأب

Root: دأب

Form: 4

Full Definition

ادأبIV , Verbal.Noun إِدْآبٌ, He made another, his hired man, and his beast, to strive, labour, toil, or exert himself; he fatigued, or wearied, another, his hired man, and his beast: or he made another, and anything, to hold on, of continue: and ادأبهُ also signifies أَحْوَجَةُ إِلَى الدُّؤُوبِ [he made him to be in need of striving, &c.; or of holding on, or continuing]: and أَدَبُوا is used by a rájiz, but not necessarily by poetic license, for أَدْأَبُوا.
2 [Hence,] ادأب السَّيْرَ [He pursued the journey laboriously, or with energy; or he held on, or continued, the journey]: (S, M, L, K, in art. مسد; and M and L in art. سأد:) and [in like manner] you say, سَيْرَنَا [for فِى سَيْرِنَا, or perhaps فى is omitted by inadvertence]. (TA in art. نحب.)
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