cl. 1. P. bhū́ṣati (pf. bubhūṣa Gr.; aor. abhūṣīt, [ib.]; fut. bhūṣiṣyati, bhūṣitā, [ib.]; inf. bhūṣitum, [ib.]), to strive after, use efforts for, be intent upon (dat.), [RV. iii, 25, 2]; [34, 2] &c.; to seek to procure (acc.) for (dat.), [ib.] [ix, 94, 3]; to adorn, [Dhātup. xvii, 30] : Caus. bhūṣayati ([Dhātup. xxxiii, 56], ep. also °te; aor. abubhūṣat; inf. bhūṣayitum), to adorn, embellish, attire (Ā. also, ‘one's self’, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87], Vārtt. 18, [Pat.]), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.