تدافعوا

Form: 6

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تدافعواVI [They contended, or strove, together, to push, or repel, one another; or] they pushed, or repelled, one another; or pushed against one another. You say, تدافعوا فِى الحَرْبِ They pushed, thrust, or repelled, one another in war, or battle.
2 [Hence,] تدافع الكَلَامَانِ The two sayings, or sentences, opposed, or contradicted, each other; conflicted; were mutually repugnant. (Msb in art. نقض.)
3 تدافع السَّيْلُ The torrent was impelled, driven, or propelled, in its several parts, or portions, by the impetus of one part, or portion, acting upon another; and in like manner, [or as signifying it became impelled, driven, or propelled,] اندفع , and [in an intensive sense] تدفّع . [See also دَفَعَ. السَّيْلُ.]
4 تدافع جَرْىُ الفَرَسِ [in like manner signifies The running of the horse continued by successive impulses, his force of motion in each part of his course impelling him through the next].
5 See also 7.

def.2 [It is also trans.] You say, تدافعوا الشَّىْءَ They repelled the thing, every one of them from himself. And ضَيْفٌ يَتَدافَعُهُ الحَىُّ [A guest whom the tribe repel, or repulse, every one of them from himself].

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