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حَذِرَ , aor.
حَذَرَ , inf. n. حَذَرٌ; and ↓ احتذر;
(Msb, K;) He was cautious, wary, or vigilant;
was on his guard; took care; (K, TA;) was in
a state of preparation; (Msb;) was in fear;
feared. (TA.) [You say, حَذِرَ مِنْ أَمْرٍ and ↓ احتذر
مِنْهُ He was cautious, &c., of a thing, or an event.
And حَذِرَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كَذَا and ↓ احتذر He was
cautious, &c., for him, of such a thing. And
both verbs are also trans.: for you say,] حَذِرَهُ,
(S, A, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (S;) and
↓ احتذرهُ, (TA,) and ↓ حاذرهُ; (A;) He was cautious of it; guarded, or was on his guard,
against it; (S, A;) prepared, prepared himself, or was in a state of preparation, against
it; (TA;) feared it. (Msb, TA.) [And حَذِرَ
أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ and ↓ احتذر He was cautious of doing
it; or he feared doing it.] And حُذِرَ الشَّىْءُ فَحَذِرَهُ
The thing was an object of fear, and so he feared
it. (Msb.) And حُذِرَ المَوْتِ [Death was an
object of fear]: and المَوْتَ ↓ حاذر [He feared
death]. (A.)