עִרְעֵר, עִירְ׳ I (Pilp. of עוּר) 1) to stir up, excite to lamentation. M. Kat. 8ᵃ לא יְעַרְעֵר וכ׳, v. עוּר Polel —2) [to stir up strife, disturb,] to contest the legality of an action, the legitimacy of a person, his fitness as judge, witness &c. Y. Snh. III, 21ᵈ top אם בא ועי׳ עֲרָרוֹ קיים if he comes and protests (against the judgment given in his absence), his protest is valid. Y. Ned. V, end, 39ᵇ כל מי שיבוא וִיעַרְעֵר וכ׳ whosoever may at some future time contest this donation (having a claim against the property); a. e.—[Meg. 25ᵇ המְעַרְעֲרִים those inclined to argue,—a censorial change from המומרים or המינים; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8.] —3) to stir on by chiding, to scold. Sot. III, 3 מְעַרְעֲרִים אותה וכ׳ they (the court) chide her and make her drink by force; [Rashi seems to take our w. in the sense of encouraging]; Tosef. ib. II, 3 מְרַעְרְעִין ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין). Ib. בצבת של ברזל … מדדין וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין, read ומע׳) they opened her mouth … and urged her on and forced her to drink; Sot. 19ᵇ. Y. ib. III, 18ᵈ bot. מערערים אותה עד וכ׳ we urge her on to drink by chiding her until her face becomes pale; Num. R. s. 9; Yalk. ib. 708 מכין אותה ומע׳ וכ׳ … they strike her with the broadside of a sword and urge her &c.; a. e.
Hithpa. - הִתְעַרְעֵר to be stirred up, v. עָרַר.