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1 رَحَضَ ذ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. رَحَضَ , (A, Msb, K,) or رَحُضَ , (so in two copies of the S,) or both, (L, TA,) inf. n. رَحْضٌ, (S, Msb) and تَرْحَاضٌ, [but this is an intensive form,] (TA,) He washed (S, A, Msb, K) a thing, (A, K,) or garment, (S, A, Msb,) and his hand; (S;) as also ↓ ارحض (IDrd, K,) which latter is of the dial. of El- Hijáz. (IDrd.) You say also, هٰذِهِ سَوْءَةٌ لَا عَنْكَ شَىْءٌ ↓ يُرْحِضُهَا (tropical:) [This is a disgrace which nothing will wash from thee]. (A: [but the last word is not in the copy from which I quote.]) ― -b2- رُحِضَ, (inf. n. as above, AZ, AAF,) (tropical:) He (a person suffering from fever) was, or became, affected with what is termed رُحَضَآء [q. v.]: (Lth, S, A, K:) or he sweated, and his sweat became abundant upon the sides of his forehead above the temples, in his sleeping or waking, but only in consequence of disease. (AZ, AAF.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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