cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. ii, 4]) bādhaté, ep. and mc. also P. °ti (pf. babādhé, [RV.]; aor. bādhiṣṭa, [ib.], bādhiṣṭām, [TĀr.]; fut. bādhiṣyate, °ti, [MBh.] &c., bādhitā Gr.; inf. bā́dhe, [RV.], bādhitum, [MBh.]; ind.p. bādhitvā See s.v., bā́dhya, [RV.]), to press, force, drive away, repel, remove, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with várīyas) to force asunder, [RV. x, 113, 5]; to harass, pain, trouble, grieve, vex, [RV.] &c. &c.; to resist, oppose, check, stop, prevent, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to set aside (as a rule), annul, invalidate, [Pāṇ.], Sch.; [Nīlak.] &c.; to suffer annoyance or oppression, [TS.] : Pass. bādhyate, to be pressed &c.; to be acted upon, suffer, [Pañcat.] : Caus. bādhayati (aor. ababādhat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 2]), to oppress, harass, attack, trouble, vex, [R.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] : Desid. bibādhiṣate, to wish to remove or chase away, [ĀpŚr.], Sch.; bī́bhatsate, to feel an aversion for, loathe, shrink from (abl.), [Br.]; [ŚrS.] &c. (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 6]) Intens. bābadhe (see pra-√ bādh); badbodhé, to press hard, hem in, confine, [RV.]; pr. p. badbadhāná, striking, knocking against (acc.), [RV. vii, 69, 1] ; hemmed in, pent up, [i, 52, 10] &c. [Cf. √ vadh, also for kindred words.]