vfD cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xviii, 20 ) va/rDate ( Ved. and ep. also °ti ; pf. vava/rDa , vavfDe , RV. &c. &c. [ Ved. also vA vf° ; vavfDAti , °DItA/s , °Da/sva , RV. ; vAvfDe/te , RV. ; p. vAvfDa/t or vavfDa/t , RV. ; AV. ; aor. Ved. avfDat , vfDAtas , °DAtu ; p. vfDa/t , °DAna/ ]; avarDizwa , MBh. &c.; Prec. varDizIma/hi , VS. ; fut. varDitA Gr. ; vartsyati , Kāv. ; varDizyate Gr. ; inf. Ved. vfDe [‘for increase’, ‘to make glad’], vfDa/se , vAvfDa/DyE ; Class. varDitum ; ind.p. vfdDvA , or varDitvA Gr. ; in MBh. √ vfD is sometimes confounded with √ 1. vft ), trans. P. , to increase, augment, strengthen, cause to prosper or thrive, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ; MBh. ; to elevate, exalt, gladden, cheer, exhilarate ( esp. the gods, with praise or sacrifice), RV. ; ( intrans. Ā. ; in Ved. P. in pf. and aor. ; in Class. P. in aor. fut. and cond. ; also P. mc. in other forms), to grow, grow up, increase, be filled or extended, become longer or stronger, thrive, prosper, succeed, RV. &c. &c.; to rise, ascend (as the scale in ordeals), Yājñ., Sch. ; to be exalted or elevated, feel animated or inspired or excited by ( instr. loc. gen. ) or in regard to ( dat. ), become joyful, have cause for congratulation ( vfDaH , °Dat in sacrificial formulas = ‘mayest thou or may he prosper’; in later language often with dizwyA ), RV. &c. &c.: Caus. varDa/yati , °te (in later language also varDApayati ; aor. Ved. avIvfDat , °Data ), to cause to increase or grow, augment, increase, make larger or longer, heighten, strengthen, further, promote ( Ā. ‘for one's self’), RV. &c. &c.; to rear, cherish, foster, bring up, ib. ; to elevate, raise to power, cause to prosper or thrive, AV. ; ŚBr. ; MBh. &c.; to exalt, magnify, glorify ( esp. the gods), make joyful, gladden ( Ā. in Ved. also = to rejoice, be joyful, take delight in [ instr. ], enjoy, RV. &c. &c.; with or scil. dizwyA ) to congratulate, Kād. ; ( cl. 10. accord. to Dhātup. xxxiii, 109 ) ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ ( BAzA rTe or BAsA rTe ) : Desid. of Caus. See vivarDayizu : Desid. vivarDizate or vivftsati Gr. : Intens. varIvfDyate , varivfDIti , ib.
vfD I. 1 A. (but Paras, also in ( pb ) the Second Future, Aorist and Conditional, also in the Desiderative) ( varDate, vavfDe, avfDat-avarDizwa, varDi'yate varstyati, vfdDa ; desid. vivftsati , or vivarDizate ) 1 To grow, increase, become larger, stronger, or greater, thrive, prosper; anyonyajayasaMraMBo vavfDe vAdinoriva R. 12. 92 , 10. 78 ; Danakzaye varDati jAWarAgniH Subhāṣ. ; Bk. 14. 13 , 19. 26. 2 To continue, last. 3 To rise, ascend. 4 To have cause for congratulation, usually with dizwyA ; dizwyA DarmapatnIsamAgamena putramuKadarSanena cAyuzmAn varDate Ś. 7 ‘your honour is to be congratulated upon your union’ &c. — Caus. ( varDayati-te , also varDApayati-te ) 1 To cause to grow, increase, augment, heighten, amplify, enhance; varDayanniva tatkUwAnudDUtErDAtureRuBiH R. 4. 71. 2 To cause to prosper or thrive, glorify, magnify, exalt; H. 3. 3. 3 To congratulate, felicitate ( varDApayAti in this sense); yadi kopi tvAM sAMprataM madayaMtikAlABena varDApayati tadA kiM tasya pAritozikaM karozi Māl. 8. II. 10 U. ( varDayati-te ) 1 To speak. 2 To shine.