1. gras cl. 1. P. Ā. gra/sati , °te ( perf. Pot. Ā. jagrasIta , RV. v, 41, 17 ; p. Ā. and Pass. jagrasAna/ , RV. ), to seize with the mouth, take into the mouth, swallow, devour, eat, consume, RV. ; TS. &c.; to swallow up, cause to disappear, MBh. iii, 1597 ; R. i, 56, 13 - 17 ; to eclipse, MBh. i, 1166 ; R. &c.; to swallow or slur over words, pronounce indistinctly, PāṇŚ. ( RV. ) 27; to suppress, stop or neglect (a lawsuit), Mn. viii, 43 : Caus. P. grAsayati , to cause to swallow or devour, ŚBr. xii ; KātyŚr. ; to consume, swallow, Dhātup. xxxiii, 76 ;
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gras I. 1 A. [ grasate, grasta ] 1 To swallow, devour, eat up, consume; ( pb ) sa imAM pfTivIM kftsnAM saMkzipya grasate punaH Mb. ; Bg. 11. 30. 2 To seize. 3 To eclipse; dvAveba grasate dineSvaraniSAprAReSvarO BAsurO Bh. 2. 34 ; himAMSumASu grasate tanmradimnaH sPuwaM PalaM Śi. 2. 49. 4 To slur over words. 5 To destory. -WITH saM to destroy; Bk. 12. 4. II. 1 P. , 10 U. ( grasati, grAsayati-te ) To eat, devour.