pratisaMhf
prati-saM-√ hf P. Ā. -harati , °te , to draw together, contract (with AtmAnam , ‘one's self’ i.e. to shrink, return to its usual bed, said of the sea), Hariv. ; to draw or keep back, withdraw (as a weapon, the eye &c.), MBh. ; Kāv. ; to take away, put off, Āpast. ; to absorb, annihilate, destroy, MBh. ; Pur. ; Jātakam. ; to check, stop, repress, MBh. ; R. &c.; to change, MW. : Caus. -hArayati , to retract, R.