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4 ادأب ذ , (T, S, M, &c.,) inf. n. إِِدْآبٌ, (T,) He made another, (S, A, K,) his hired man, and his beast, (A,) to strive, labour, toil, or exert himself; (S, A, K;) he fatigued, or wearied, (T, S, A, K,) another, (S, K,) his hired man, (A,) and his beast: (T, A:) or he made another, and anything, to hold on, of continue: and ادأبهُ also signifies أَحْوَجَةُ إِِلَى الدُّؤُوبِ [he made him to be in need of striving, &c.; or of holding on, or continuing]: (M:) and أَدَبُوا is used by a rájiz, but not necessarily by poetic license, for أَدْأَبُوا. (IAar, M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] ادأب السَّيْرَ [He pursued the journey laboriously, or with energy; or he held on, or continued, the journey]: (S, M, L, K, in art. مسد; and M and L in art. سأد:) and [in like manner] you say, سَيْرَنَا ↓ دَأَبْنَا [for فِى سَيْرِنَا, or perhaps فى is omitted by inadvertence]. (TA in art. نحب.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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