cl.2 P. () vetti- (vidmahe-; vedati-, te-; vid/ati-, te- etc.; vindati-, te- etc.; imperativevidāṃ-karotu- [ confer, compare ];1. sg.imperfect tenseavedam-,2. sg.avet-or aves-[ ] etc.;3. pluralavidus- [ confer, compare ]; avidan- etc.; perfect tensev/eda-[often substituted for propervetti-confer, compare ], 3. pluralvid/us-or vidre-; viveda- etc.; vidāṃcak/āra- etc.[ confer, compare; according to to also vidām-babhūva-]; Aoristavedīt-; vidām-akran-; futurevedit/ā-; vettā-futurevediṣyati-, te-; vetsyati-, te- etc.; infinitive moodv/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. pluralvidus-,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) : Causalved/ayate- (rarely ti-; Aoristavīvidat-; Passive voicevedyate-), 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 : Desiderativevividiṣati- or vivitsati-, to wish to know or learn, inquire about (acc) : Intensivevevidyate-, vevetti-grammar ([ confer, compareGreek for , for equalsveda-; Latin videre; Slavonic or Slavonian ve8de8ti; Gothic witan,wait; German wizzan,wissen; Anglo-Saxon wa7t; English wot.])
(originally identical with1. vid-) cl.6 P. A1. () vind/ati-, te- (Vedic or Veda also vitt/e-, vid/e-; parasmE-padavidān/a-or vidāna-[ q.v ]; Epic 3. pluralvindate-Potentialvindyāt-,often equalsvidyāt-; perfect tenseviv/eda-[3. pluralvividus-subjunctivevividat-], vividv/as-,3. pluralvividre-, vidr/e- etc.; parasmE-padavividv/as-; vividivas-; Aorist/avidat-, data- [ Vedic or Vedasubjunctivevid/āsi-, d/āt-; Potentialvid/et-, deta-;3. sg.videṣṭa- ]; A1.1. sg.avitsi-; futurevettā-, vediṣyati-grammar; vetsyati-, te- etc.; infinitive moodvid/e-; vettum- etc.; v/ettave-; ttavai-[?] and tos-; ind.p.vittv/ā-; -vidya- etc.) , to find, discover, meet or fall in with, obtain, get, acquire, partake of, possess etc. etc. (with diśas-,to find out the quarters of she sky ) ; to get or procure for (dative case) ; to seek out, look for, attend to etc. ; to feel, experience ; to consider as, take for (two accusative) ; to come upon, befall, seize, visit ; to contrive, accomplish, perform, effect, produce ; (A1.mc. also P.) to take to wife, marry (with or scilicetbhāryām-) etc. ; to find (a husband), marry (said of a woman) ; to obtain (a son, with or scilicetsutam-) : Passive voice or A1.vidy/ate- (Epic also ti-; parasmE-padavidyamāna-[ q.v ]; Aoristavedi-), to be found, exist, be etc. ; (especially in later language) vidyate-,"there is, there exists", often with na-,"there is not" ; with bhoktum-,"there is something to eat" ; followed by a future ,"is it possible that?" ; yathā-vid/e-,"as it happens" id est "as usual","as well as possible" : Causalvedayati-, to cause to find etc. : Desiderativevividiṣati- or vivitsati-, te-grammar (seevivitsita-): Intensivevevidyate-, vevetti- (for parasmE-padav/evidat-and dāna-Seevi--and saṃvid-).
1. vid know, II. P. vétti; pr. sb. know of (gen.), ii. 35, 2; ipv. viddhi, viii. 48, 8; pf. véda, viii. 29, 6; s. 2. véttha, x. 15, 13; 3. véda, x. 129, 62. 72; pl. 1. vidmá, x. 15, 13 [Gk. οɩ̂̓δα, ἴδμεν; AS. ic wāt, wē witon; Eng. I wot; Lat. vid-ēre ‘see’] .prá- know, x. 15, 13.
verb (class 1 parasmaipada) to be conscious of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to know (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to learn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to mind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to notice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to take for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to understand (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 6 ātmanepada) to acquire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to discover (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to find (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to find (a husband) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to get (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to marry (said of a woman) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to meet or fall in with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obtain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to obtain (a son) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to partake of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to possess (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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