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نَزَأَ

Root: نزأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَزَأَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun نَزْءٌ and نُزُوْءٌ, He excited discord between them: like نَزَعَ.
2 نَزَأَهُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ He incited, or urged, him against his companion.
3 مَا نَزَأَكَ عَلَى هٰذَا What incited, urged, or induced, thee to this?
4 نَزَأَ عَلَيْهِ, Verbal.Noun نَزْءٌ, He made an attack, or assault, upon him; syn. حَمَلَ.
5 نَزَأَهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ He turned him back from what he had said.
6 نُزِئَ بِهِ, like عُنِىَ, [i. e., pass. in form, but neut. in signification,] He was addicted, or devoted, to it; desirous of it.
7 إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِى عَلَامَ يُنْزَأُ هَرِمُكَ, thus thou sayest, addressing thyself, when a man has been pursuing a good or an evil way, and turned from it to another way, or accord. to some copies of the S, بِمَ instead of عَلَامَ, [which is for عَلَى مَا;] Verily thou knowest not to what thing thy mind will become addicted, or devoted: i. e., to what thy state will come. In one copy of the K, هَرَمُكَ thine old age, is put instead of هَرِمُكَ.
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