ر د ع

, aor. , inf. n. رَدْعٌ, He restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered, him; made him to restrain himself, withhold himself, refrain, forbear, or abstain; (S, Msb, K;) turned him back, repelled him, or averted him; (K;) عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing. (S, Msb, K. *) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] رَدَعَ جَيْبَهُ عَنْهُ (assumed tropical:) He cleared his bosom, or heart, of it; syn. فَرَجَهُ, or فَرَّجَهُ; (accord. to different copies of the K;) [as though he withheld his mind from it;] meaning, grief, and perturbation; جيب being used to signify the “ bosom, ” and the “ heart: ” (TK:) mentioned by Sgh. (TA.)

The people, or company of men, restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered, one another; made one another to restrain himself, withhold himself, refrain, forbear, or abstain; turned back, repelled, or averted, one another. (TA.)

He became restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered; was made to restrain himself, withhold himself, refrain, forbear, or abstain; or he restrained himself, withheld himself, refrained, forbore, or abstained; (S, Msb, K, TA;) he became turned back, repelled, or averted; or he turned back, or reverted. (K.) You say, ارتدع بِرَوَادِعِ القُرْآنِ [He became restrained by the restrictions of the Kur-án]. (Msb.)

[ , app. for آيَةٌ رَادِعَةٌ A restraining verse of the Kur-án, seems to be the sing. of رَوَادِعُ, of which an ex. occurs above: see 8.]