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حرّضهُ

Root: حرض

Form: 2

Full Definition

حرّضهُII : see 4.

def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun تَحْرِيضٌ, He rendered him free from, or rid him of, حَرَض [q. v.]; like as قَذَّيْتُهُ signifies “ I rid him of what is termed قَذًى. ” [Thus it bears two contr. significations.]
2 And, [hence, perhaps,] Verbal.Noun as above, He excited, incited, urged, or instigated, him, and roused him to ardour, عَلَى القِتَالِ to fight, or عَلَى الشَّىْءِ to do the thing, in order that he might be known to be such as is termed حَارِض if he held back from it: so in the Kur [iv. 86 and] viii. 66: or he excited, incited, urged, or instigated, him to apply himself constantly, or perseveringly, to fight: [see 3:] and عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, Verbal.Noun إِحْرَاضٌ, signifies the same as حرّضهُ.

def.3 حرّض, Verbal.Noun as above, He had a حُرْضَة, i. e., a person entrusted with the office of turning about, or shuffling, the gamingarrows of the players.

def.4 He employed the portion of his property set apart for traffic in حُرْض [q. v.], i. e. أُشْنَان.

def.5 He dyed a garment, or piece of cloth, with إِحْرِيض [q. v.].
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