ضَغَطَهُ
Root: ضغط
Full Definition
ضَغَطَهُ
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun ضَغْطٌ, He pressed him; pushed him; squeezed him; against (إِلَى, S, Msb, K, [and عَلَى,]) a thing, or a wall, and the like, and the ground: he straitened him: he overcame, subdued, or overpowered, him; or he constrained him. It is said in a trad., لَتُضْغَطُنَّ عَلَى بَابِ الجَنَّةِ
Ye shall assuredly be pressed, or pushed, against the gate of Paradise. You say of a tight boot, ضَغَطَ رِجْلَهُ [It compressed, or pinched, his foot]. (K in art. حزق.) And you say also, ضَغَطَ عَلَيْهِ, and
, which latter, by rule, should be اِضْطَغَطَ, He treated him with hardness, severity, or rigour, with respect to a debt or the like.