ارغمهُ

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ارغمهُIV [He cast it upon the رَغَام, i. e. earth, or dust: and he made it to cleave to the earth, or dust]. You say, ارغم اللُّقْمَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ He cast the morsel from his mouth upon the earth, or dust. And it is said in a trad. of 'Áïsheh, respecting the material for dyeing the hair, and the hands of women, اُسْلُتِيهِ وَأَرْغِمِيهِ [Wipe thou it off from thy hand, or hands, and cast it upon the earth, or dust]. You say also, ارغم أَنْفَهُ He, or it, made his nose to cleave to the رَغَام, i. e. earth, or dust; [or may He make his nose to cleave to the earth, or dust;] and أَنْفَهُ signifies the same [app. in this sense, as well as in that next following].
2 And [hence] the former of these two phrases means He abased him, humbled him, or rendered him submissive, against his will; [or may He abase him, &c.;] and so ↓ the latter of the same two phrases: and the former, He angered him; likewise said of God; and so ارغمهُ alone; like ادغمهُ; or both signify he did evil to him, and angered him: (TA in art. دغم:) and أُرْغِمَ He was abased, or humbled, or rendered submissive: and ٱللّٰهُ بِهِ الأُنُوفَ, Verbal.Noun رَغْمٌ, God abased, or may God abase, the noses by means of him, or it. [ رغّمهُ , also, signifies He abased him, humbled him, or rendered him submissive: you say,] هٰذَا تَرْغِيمٌ لَهُ This is an abasing, or a humbling, to him: and لِلشَّيْطَانِ means For the abasing, or humbling, of the devil.
3 And ارغمهُ He urged him, or made him, to do that from which he was not able to hold back, or that which he could not refuse to do, or that which he could not resist doing.
4 See also 3.

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