or mūrch cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. vii, 32]) mūrchati (pf. mumūrcha, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; aor. amūrchīt Gr.; fut. mūrchitā, mūrchiṣyati, [ib.]; ind.p., mūrtvā, [ib.]), to become solid, thicken, congeal, assume shape or substance or consistency, expand, increase, grow, become or be vehement or intense or strong, [AV.] &c. &c.; to fill, pervade, penetrate, spread over, [Kālid.]; to have power or take effect upon (loc.), [ib.]; to grow stiff or rigid, faint, swoon, become senseless or stupid or unconscious, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to deafen, [Caurap.]; to cause to sound aloud, [MBh.] : Caus. mūrchayati (mc. also °te), to cause to thicken or coagulate (milk), [Kauś.]; to cause to settle into a fixed or solid form, shape, [AitUp.]; to strengthen, rouse, excite, [MBh.]; [R.]; to cause to sound loudly, play (a musical instrument), [BhP.]