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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 26, col. 1.
    aṃc 1 U. (aṃcu) (aṃcati-te, ānaṃcace, aṃcituṃ, acyāt or aṃcyāt, akta or aṃcita)

    1 To bend, incline, curl, curve; śiroṃcitvā Bk. 9. 40.

    2 To go, move, tend towards; svataṃtrā kathamaṃcasi Bk. 4. 22; also in avāṃc tending downward, prāṃc, udaṃc; viṣvagaṃcati, sahāṃcati, tiroṃcati &c.; tasminnadya rasālaśākhini daśāṃ daivāt kṛśāmaṃcati Bv. 1. 48 having gone, being reduced, to &c.; tvaṃ cedaṃcasi lobhaṃ 46 art greedy; saṃkocamaṃcati saraḥ 17.

    3 To worship, honour, reverence; bhīmoyaṃ śirasāṃcati Ve. 5. 27 salutes; to adorn, grace; See aṃcita below.

    4 To request, ask or call for, desire.

    5 To murmur, speak indistinctly.

    Caus. or 10 U. To manifest, unfold; mudamaṃcaya Gīt. 10. [cf. Zend anku; Gr. ankulos; L. uncus.] With apa to put away, drive away; (intr.) to run away.

    ā to bend; dakṣiṇaṃ jānvācya; jānvāka with bent knees.

    upa to draw or raise (water).

    pari to cause to revolve, whirl, twist.

    vi to draw or bend asunder; to extend, stretch out.

    saṃ to crowd or drive together, to bend together, See samakna also; to go properly.