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اغراهُ

Root: غرو

Form: 4

Full Definition

اغراهُIV He made him to become attached to it, or fond of it; to be eagerly desirous of it; to adhere, cling, or cleave, to it; or to love it; syn. وَلَّعَهُ: one should not say غرّاهُ بِهِ. (TA. [But one says غُرِّىَ بِهِ: see 1.]) And أُغْرِىَ بِهِ: see 1.
2 He incited, urged, or instigated, him to do it. You say, أَغْرَيْتُ الكَلْبَ بِالصَّيْدِ I incited, urged, or instigated, the dog, to, or against, the object, or objects, of the chase.
3 And اغراهُ بِهِمْ He set him upon them, or over them; or made him to have mastery, dominion, or authority, over them.
4 اغرى بَيْنَهُمُ العَدَاوَةَ He occasioned enmity between them: he cast enmity between them, as though he made it to cleave to them: a tropical phrase. And أَغْرَيْتُ بَيْنَهُمْ [in which an objective complement is understood] i. q. أَفْسَدْتُ [meaning I excited disorder, disturbance, dis- agreement, discord, dissension, strife, or quarrel-ling, or I made, or did, mischief, between them, or among them].

def.2 اغرى الشَّىْءَ, said of God, He made, or rendered, the thing goodly, or beautiful.


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