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1 حَذِرَ ذ , aor. حَذَرَ , inf. n. حَذَرٌ; and ↓ احتذر ; (Msb, K;) He was cautious, wary, or vigilant; was on his guard; took care; (K, TA;) was in a state of preparation; (Msb;) was in fear; feared. (TA.) [You say, حَذِرَ مِنْ أَمْرٍ and ↓ احتذر مِنْهُ He was cautious, &c., of a thing, or an event. And حَذِرَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كَذَا and ↓ احتذر He was cautious, &c., for him, of such a thing. And both verbs are also trans.: for you say,] حَذِرَهُ, (S, A, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (S;) and ↓ احتذرهُ , (TA,) and ↓ حاذرهُ ; (A;) He was cautious of it; guarded, or was on his guard, against it; (S, A;) prepared, prepared himself, or was in a state of preparation, against it; (TA;) feared it. (Msb, TA.) [And حَذِرَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ and ↓ احتذر He was cautious of doing it; or he feared doing it.] And حُذِرَ الشَّىْءُ فَحَذِرَهُ The thing was an object of fear, and so he feared it. (Msb.) And حُذِرَ المَوْتِ [Death was an object of fear]: and المَوْتَحاذر [He feared death]. (A.)

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