niMs cl. 2. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 15 ) niMste , Bhaṭṭ. ( niMsate , niMsata and p. ni/MsAna , RV. ; niMsse , niMssva , Kāś. on Pāṇ. viii, 3, 58 ; pf. niniMse aor. aniMsizwa fut. niMsizyate , niMsitA , Gr. ) to touch closely, kiss, salute. (Perhaps fr. ninaMs , Desid. of √ nam , like lips fr. li-laps cf. √ nikz .)