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āp

cl. 5. P. āpnóti [[AV. ix, 5, 22], &c.], (perf. āpa aor. āpat fut. āpsyati inf. āptum) Ā. (perf. 3. pl. āpiré, [RV. ix, 108, 4], p. pf. āpāná, [RV. ii, 34, 7], but also pres. p. ā́pnāna, [RV. x, 114, 7]) to reach, overtake, meet with, fall upon, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to obtain, gain, take possession of [RV.]; [AV.] &c., [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.; to undergo, suffer, [Mn.]; to fall, come to any one; to enter, pervade, occupy; to equal: Pass. āpyate, to be reached or found or met with or obtained; to arrive at one's aim or end, become filled, [TS.] &c.: Caus. P. āpayati, to cause to reach or obtain or gain, [ChUp.] &c.; to cause any one to suffer; to hit, [Kathās.] : Desid. P. and Ā. īpsati and īpsate [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 55]] to strive to reach or obtain, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. of the Caus. āpipayiṣati, to strive to reach, [ŚBr.];

[probably connected with 1. ap; cf. apna; Gk. ἄϕενος, ἀϕνειός; Lat. apiscor, aptus, ops; Old Germ. uoban; Mod. Germ. üben.]

(ā-√ āp) pf. ā́pa, to arrive at, come towards, [RV. x, 32, 8.]