עוּץ, (cmp. אוּץ) [to press, urge,] to encourage, advise.—Part. עָיֵיץ. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXIV, 14. Targ. II Esth. I, 15; a. e.—Kidd. 80ᵇ ועייץ לו עצות וכ׳ and is likely to give him bad advice. Yeb. 107ᵃ עָיְיצֵי לה וכ׳ her relatives may advise her (put her up to it) and take the property away from me.