درج

2 دَرَّجَ [درّجهُ, inf. n. تَدْرِيجٌ, He made him to go on foot; to go step by step; to step along; or to walk: he made him (a child) to walk a little, at his first beginning to walk: or he made him (an old man and a child) to walk with a weak gait; to creep along; or to go, or walk, leisurely, slowly, softly, or gently: see 1, first sentence: and see also 10, first sentence.] You say, of a child, يُدَرَّجُ عَلَى الحَالِ [ He is made to walk, &c., leaning upon the go-cart ]. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] درّجهُ, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَدْرِيجٌ, (Msb,) He brought him near, or caused him to draw near, (S, Msb, * K,) by degrees (عَلَى التَّدْرِيجِ, S), or by little and little, (Msb,) اـِلَى كَذَا to such a thing, (S,) or اـِلَى الأَمْرِ to the thing or affair; (Msb;) as also ↓ استدرجهُ. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b3- And He exalted him, or elevated him, from one grade, or station, to another, by degrees (عَلَى التَّدْرِيجِ); as also ↓ استدرجهُ. (A.) ― -b4- And hence, (tropical:) He accustomed him, or habituated him, اـِلَى كَذَا to such a thing. (A.) ― -b5- [Hence] also, inf. n. as above, (assumed tropical:) He fed him, namely, a sick person, when in a state of convalescence, by little and little, until he attained by degrees to the full amount of food that he ate before his illness. (TA.) ― -b6- دَرَّجَنِى, inf. n. as above, said of corn, or food, and of an affair, It was beyond, or it baffled, my ability, or power, to attain it, or accomplish it. (K.) ― -b7- See also 4. -A2- درّج as an intrans. v. signifies He went on foot, or walked, [&c.,] much. (Har p. 380.) -A3- [It is also said to signify He imitated the cry of the bird called دُرَّاج: see De Sacy's “ Chrest. Ar. ” 2nd ed. ii. 39.]