رد

2 ردّدهُ ذ , inf. n. تَرْدِيدٌ and تَرْدَادٌ, (S, L,) [the latter of which ns. is merely said in the K to be syn. with the former, and is said in the M and L to be also an inf. n. of رَدَّ in an intensive or a frequentative sense,] means more than رَدَّهُ; [i. e. He made, or caused, him, or it, to return, go back, come back, or revert; sent, turned, or put, him, or it, back, or away; returned, rejected, repelled, or averted, him, or it; much, frequently, again and again, or time after time; ] having an intensive, or a frequentative, signification. (L.) ― -b2- [Also He, or it, made, or caused, him, or it, to go, or move, repeatedly, to and fro; to go and come; to reciprocate: see its quasi-pass., 5. ― -b3- Hence, (assumed tropical:) He, or it, made him, or caused him, to waver, or vacillate, in an affair, or between two affairs: see, again, 5. And hence, (assumed tropical:) He, or it, confounded, or perplexed, him, so that he was unable to see his right course: see, again, 5; and see also مُرَدَّدٌ.] And ردّد الأَمْرَ (assumed tropical:) [ He agitated the thing, or affair, to and fro in his mind ]. (TA in art. نج, &c.) ― -b4- And He repeated it; iterated it: [or rather] he repeated it time after time; reiterated it: he reproduced it: he renewed it: syn. أَعَادَهُ, (W p. 15,) and كَرَّرَهُ, (A, and W ibid.,) and رَجَّعَهُ. (Mgh in art. رجع. [See also 1.]) You say, ردّد القَوْلَ He repeated the saying time after time; reiterated it; syn. كَرَّرَهُ. (A.) [And ردّد عَلَيْهِ الكَلَامَ He repeated to him the speech, or sentence, time after time; reiterated it to him. ] And ردّد صَوْتَهُ فِى حَلْقِهِ He reiterated his voice in his throat, or fauces; syn. رَجَّعَهُ; (S and K in art. رجع, &c.;) [ as camels and other animals do in braying; (the Lexicons passim;) and he quavered, or trilled, rapidly repeating many times one very short note, or each note of a piece; ] like [ as is done in ] chanting, [for so the Arabs generally do in chanting, and in singing and piping, often throughout the whole performance,] (S in that art.,) or in reading or reciting, or in singing, or piping, or other performances, of such as are accompanied with quavering, or trilling. (TA in that art.)