עִרְעֵר III, (v. עֲרַע I) [to bring into contact,]
עִרְעֵר III, to keep a liquid in the throat for the sake of lubrication. Tosef. Sabb. XII (XIII), 10 if one has a sore throat, לא יְעַרְעֲרֶנּוּ בשמן וכ׳ he must not lubricate it with oil (on the Sabbath); Ber. 36ᵃ לא יְעָרְעֶנּוּ (Pi. of עָרַע; Ar. יערער׳); Tosef. Ter. IX, 12 יערענו (ed. Zuck. ירדנו?); Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵃ top יערער׳.
עִרְעֵר III, to cause to meet. Koh. R. to IX, 11 (ref. to יקרה, ib.; cmp. עַרְעִיתָא I) עת היא שפוגעת האדם ומְעַרְעֶרֶת בו וכ׳ it is time that strikes man and causes all these things (vicissitudes) to meet him.