دفع

2 دَفَّعَ see 1; fourth sentence. ― -b2- دفّعهُ اـِلَى كَذَا (tropical:) He drove him, compelled him, or necessitated him, to do, or to have recourse to, such a thing. (TA.) ― -b3- دفّعهُ also signifies He rendered him abject and contemptible, or poor; as though deserving to be repelled. (Ibn-Maaroof, as cited by Golius.) [See the pass. part. n., below.] ― -b4- دفّع قَوْسَهُ (assumed tropical:) He made his bow even. (AHn, TA.)