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vid

cl.2 P. (

) vetti- (vidmahe-

; vedati-, te-

; vid/ati-, te-

etc.; vindati-, te-

etc.; imperative vidāṃ-karotu-

[ confer, compare

];1. sg. imperfect tense avedam-,2. sg. avet-or aves-[

]

etc.;3. plural avidus-

[ confer, compare

]; avidan-

etc.; perfect tense v/eda-[often substituted for proper vetti- confer, compare

], 3. plural vid/us-or vidre-

; viveda-

etc.; vidāṃcak/āra-

etc.[ confer, compare

; according to to

also vidām-babhūva-]; Aorist avedīt-

; vidām-akran-

; future vedit/ā-

; vettā-

future vediṣyati-, te-

; vetsyati-, te-

etc.; infinitive mood v/editum-, tos-

; vettum-

etc.; ind.p. viditv/ā-

etc.), to know, understand, perceive, learn, become or be acquainted with, be conscious of, have a correct notion of (with accusative,in older, language also with genitive case;with infinitive mood = to know how to)

etc. (viddhi yathā-,"know that"; vidyāt-,"one should know","it should be understood"; ya evam veda-[in

],"who knows thus","who has this knowledge") ; to know or regard or consider as, take for, declare to be, call (especially in 3. plural vidus-,with two accusative or with accusative and Nominal verb with iti-, exempli gratia, 'for example' taṃ sthaviraṃ viduḥ-,"they consider or call him aged"; rājarṣir iti māṃ viduḥ-,"they consider me a rājarṣi-")

etc. ; to mind, notice, observe, remember (with genitive case or accusative)

; to experience, feel (accusative or genitive case)

etc. ; to wish to know, inquire about (accusative)

: Causal ved/ayate- (rarely ti-; Aorist avīvidat-; Passive voice vedyate-), to make known, announce, report, tell

etc. ; to teach, explain

; to recognize or regard as, take for (two accusative)

etc. ; to feel, experience

etc.: Desiderative of Causal in vivedayiṣu- q.v : Desiderative vividiṣati- or vivitsati-, to wish to know or learn, inquire about (acc)

: Intensive vevidyate-, vevetti- grammar ([ confer, compare Greek for , for equals veda-; Latin videre; Slavonic or Slavonian ve8de8ti; Gothic witan,wait; German wizzan,wissen; Anglo-Saxon wa7t; English wot.])

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