-A2- أَثَفَهُ, aorist
اَثِفَ, (T, S, M, K,) verbal noun أَثْفٌ, (T, M,) He followed him. (Ks, T, S, M, K.)
3.
He drove away, or drove away and pursued closely, or hunted, him; synonym طَرَدَهُ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
4.
He sought, or sought after, or pursued after, him, or it: in which sense the aorist is اثّف القِدٌرَ, (AA, K) and تَأْثِيفٌalso. (So in some copies of the K.)