اجاعهُ

, (S, Msb, K,) verbal noun إِجَاعَةٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ جوّعهُ, (S, Msb, K,) verbal noun تَجْوِيعٌ; (Msb;) He constrained him to be hungry, or empty in the belly: (S, * K, TA:) or he debarred him from food and drink. (Msb.) It is said in a prov., أَجِعْ كَلْبَكَ يَتْبَعْكَ [Make thy dog to be hungry and he will follow thee]; (S, K;) meaning (assumed tropical:) constrain thou the ignoble to have recourse to thee, by want, in order that he may continue by thee; (K, * TA;) for if he be in no need of thee, he will leave thee: and for أَجِعْ, some say ↓ جَوِّعْ. (TA.)