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1 حَضَّهُ حض حضه حضة , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. حَضُ3َ , (Msb,) inf. n. حَضٌّ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ حُضٌّ , (IDrd, K,) or this latter is a simple subst., (S, K,) and ↓ حِضِّيضَى , (K,) or this also is a simple subst., (S, TA,) and ↓ حُضِّيضَى , (K,) or this also is a simple subst., and is the only instance of the measure فُعِّيلَى; and of these last two, the former is the more approved; (TA;) [both of these, accord. to some, have an intensive signification;] He excited, incited, urged, or instigated, him; syn. حَثَّهُ; (T, S, A, K;) or حَمَلَهُ; (Msb;) and roused him to ardour; (K;) عَلَيْهِ to do it; (K;) i. e. عَلَى الأَمْرِ to do the thing; (Msb;) or عَلَى الخَيْرِ to do good; (T, A;) or عَلَى القِتَال to fight; (S;) or it is used as relating to pace, and to driving, and to any other thing; (M, TA;) and El-Hareeree says, on the authority of Kh, that حَثَّهُ is used peculiarly in relation to pace, or journeying, or marching: (TA in art. حث:) and ↓ حضّضهُ , (T, S, K,) inf. n. تَحْضِيضٌ, (T, Msb,) signifies the same; (K;) or has a more intensive signification; (Msb;) or i. q. حَرَّضَهُ [which is equivalent to حَثَّهُ with the addition given above from the K]; (T, S;) and this is used as relating to fighting: (T, TA:) or تَحْضِيضٌ signifies the asking, or requiring, with urgency. (Mughnee voce أَلَا.) It is said in the Kur [lxxxix. 19], accord. to the reading of the people of El-Medeeneh, وَلَا يَحُضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ المِسْكينِ; and accord. to that of El-Hasan, تَحُضُّونَ; [Nor do they, or ye, excite one another to feed the poor, or destitute]: (TA:) or nor do they, or ye, command to feed the poor, &c.: (Fr, TA:) and there are other readings thereof: see 3 and 6. (TA.) The grammarians apply to the particles هَلَّا and أَلَّا and لَوْلَا and لَوْمَا the term حُرُوفُ ↓ التَّحْضِيضِ [Particles of exciting]; and say that when they are followed by a future, they denote exciting to an action, and seeking or desiring or demanding the performance of it; and when followed by a preterite, reproof for not doing a thing. (Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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