(cf. √ gādh) cl. 1. Ā. gā́hate (ep. also P. °hati; perf. jagāhe fut. 2nd gāhiṣyate [fut. 1st -gāhitā, or -gāḍhā, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 44]]; aor. agāhiṣṭa [[Bhaṭṭ. xv, 59]] or agāḍha, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 13], Sch. [not in [Kāś.]]; inf. gāhitum) to dive into, bathe in, plunge into (acc.), penetrate, enter deeply into (acc.), [AitBr. iii, 48, 9]; [TāṇḍyaBr. xiv f.]; [Kauś.]; [MBh.] &c. (with kakṣām, ‘to be a match for (gen.)’, [Vcar. ii, 11]); to roam, range, rove, [Megh. 49]; [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 30], [Kāś.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to be absorbed in (acc.), [Kum. v, 46.]