Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تجرّع

Root: جرع

Form: 5

Full Definition

تجرّعV He swallowed in consecutive portions, one time after another, like him who acts against his own will: or, as IAth says, he drank in haste: or, accord. to some, he drank by little and little.
2 [And hence,] تجرّع He repressed, or restrained, choking wrath, or rage; as though he swallowed it: and [in like manner] you say also, الغَيْظَ he repressed, or restrained, wrath, or rage.


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