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راوغهُ

Root: روغ

Form: 3

Full Definition

راوغهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُرَاوَغَةٌ and رِوَاغٌ, He practised deceit, delusion, guile, or artifice, with him, or towards him; or strove, endeavoured, or desired, to deceive, delude, beguile, circumvent, or outwit, him; syn. خَادَعَهُ; as also , Verbal.Noun إِرَاغَةٌ: and both signify he endeavoured to turn him; or endeavoured to turn him by blandishment, or by deceitful arts, or to entice him to turn; syn. رَاوَدَهُ. It is said when its object is a person who has turned away from, or shunned, or avoided, that which one has devised, planned, or plotted, against him. You say, فُلَانٌ يُرَاوِغُ فِى الأَمْرِ [Such a one practises deceit, &c., in the affair], Verbal.Noun مُرَاوَغَةٌ. And مَا زِلْتُ أُرَاوِغُهُ عَنْ كَذَا I ceased not to endeavour to turn him, or to entice him to turn, from such a thing, syn. أُرَاوِدُهُ; and عَلَيْهِ to it: (TA in art. منع:) and [in like manner] you say, فُلَانٌ عَلَى أَمْرٍ Such a one endeavours to turn me, or to entice me to turn, to a thing; and عَنْ أَمْرٍ from a thing; syn. يُرَاوِدُنِى; and seeks, or demands, my doing so.
2 مُرَاوَغَةٌ also signifies The act of wrestling together; like . You say, رَاوغهُ He wrestled with him: or رواغ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا One of them wrestled with another; [or they wrestled, one with another; or they wrestled together;] as also تراوغوا .
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