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2 جَرَّعَ [جرّعهُ المَآءَ He made him to swallow the water.] تَجْرِيعٌ is The pouring beverage into the throat against one's will: but sometimes it is used of that which is not against one's will. (Har p. 115.) And جرّعهُ signifies He gave him to drink gulp after gulp, or sup after sup, or sip after sip. (Har p. 350.) ― -b2- [And hence,] جرّعهُ الغُصَصَ, (K,) or جرّعهُ غُصَصَ الغَيْظِ, (S,) inf. n. تَجْرِيعٌ, (K,) (tropical:) He made him to repress, or restrain, choking wrath, or rage. (S, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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