SlAG cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. iv, 41 ) SlA/Gate ( ep. also °ti ; pf. SaSlAGe , °Gire , Hariv. ; Gr. also aor. aSlAGizwa ; fut. SlAGitA , SlAGizyate ; inf. SlAGitum ), to trust or confide in ( dat. ), ŚBr. ; to talk confidently, vaunt, boast or be proud of ( instr. or loc. ), Āpast. ; Baudh. ; MBh. &c.; to coax, flatter, wheedle ( dat. ), Pāṇ. i, 4, 34 , Kāś. ; to praise, commend, eulogise, celebrate, MBh. ; Kāv. &c. ( cf. Pāṇ. ; ib. ) : Pass. SlAGyate ( aor. aSlAGi ), to be praised or celebrated or magnified, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.: Caus. SlAGayati ( aor. aSaSlAGat ), to encourage, comfort, console, R. ; to praise, celebrate, Hit. ; BhP.
SlAG 1 A. ( SlAGate ) 1 To praise, extol, commend, applaud; SiramA SlAGate pUrvaM (guRaM) paraM (dozaM) kaMWe niyacCati Subhāṣ. ; yaTEva SlAGyate gaMgA pAdena paramezWinaH Ku. 6. 70 (some read SlAGate for SlAGyate and give it the next sense). 2 To boast of, be proud of; SlAGizye kena ko vaMDUnnezyatyunnatimunnataH Bk. 16. 4. 3 To flatter, coax (with dat. ); gopI kfzRAya SlAGate Sk. ; SlAGamAnaH parastrIByastatrAgAdrAkzasADipaH Bk. 8. 73.