احدقوا بِهِ

; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) and حَدَقُوا به, (S, Msb, K,) aorist حَدِقَ , (Msb, K,) verbal noun حَدْقٌ; (TK;) and به احدود قوا; (Sgh, K;) They surrounded, encompassed, or encircled, him, or it; (S, Mgh, Msb;) namely, a man, (S,) or a town or the like: (Msb:) or they went round or round about, circuited, or compassed, him, or it. (K.) You say of anything, احدق به as meaning It surrounded, encompassed, or encircled, it; (TA;) as, for instance, a house [or a wall] surrounds a garden. (Mgh.) Thus you say, عَلَيْهِ شَامَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ قَدْ أَحْدَقَ بِهَا بَيَاضٌ [Upon him is a black mole which whiteness has surrounded]. (TA.) And أَحْدَقَتْ بِهِ المَنِيَّةُ (tropical:) Death encompassed him. (TA.)

أَحْدَقُوا بِهِ الأَحْدَاقِ, a phrase used by El- Hareeree, means They made the blacks of the eyes to surround him. (Har p. 186.)

احدقتِ الرَّوْضَةُ, (K,) or احدقت الروضة عُشْبًا, (Zj, TA,) i. e. [The meadow] became a حَدِيقَة [q. v.], (Zj, K,) [by producing herbs such as are termed عشب; for] without عشب it is a روضة. (Zj, TA.)