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4 اجاعهُ أجاع أجاعه إِجاعة اجاعه اجاعة , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِِجَاعَةٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ جوّعهُ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَجْوِيعٌ; (Msb;) He constrained him to be hungry, or empty in the belly: (S, * K, TA:) or he debarred him from food and drink. (Msb.) It is said in a prov., أَجِعْ كَلْبَكَ يَتْبَعْكَ [Make thy dog to be hungry and he will follow thee]; (S, K;) meaning (assumed tropical:) constrain thou the ignoble to have recourse to thee, by want, in order that he may continue by thee; (K, * TA;) for if he be in no need of thee, he will leave thee: and for أَجِعْ, some say ↓ جَوِّعْ . (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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