cl. 1. P. moṣati v.l. for √ maṣ, q.v.
cl. 9. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 58] and [xvii, 25] v.l.; cf. √ 1. mūṣ) muṣṇā́ti, móṣati (ep. also cl. 6. P. muṣati; 2. sg. Imp. muṣāṇa, [Śiś.]; pf. mumoṣa; aor. amoṣīt, 2. sg. moṣīs, [RV.]; fut. moṣitā, moṣiṣyati Gr.; ind.p. muṣitvā, [Daś.]; [Kathās.]; múdṣya, [RV.]; inf. muṣé, [ib.] ; moṣitum Gr.), to steal, rob, plunder, carry off (also with two acc. = take away from, deprive of), [RV.] &c. &c.; to ravish, captivate, enrapture (the eyes or the heart), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to blind, dazzle (the eyes), [ib.]; to cloud, obscure (light or the intellect), [ib.]; to break, destroy, [Kāvyād.] (cf. √ mus) : Pass., muṣyate (ep. also °ti; aor. amoṣi), to be stolen or robbed, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus., moṣayati (aor. amūmuṣat) Gr.: Desid. mumuṣiṣati, [ib.] (cf. munuṣiṣu) : Intens. momuṣyate, momoṣṭi, [ib.] [For kindred words See under mū́ṣ, p. 827.]
mfn. (ifc.; nom. muṭ), stealing, robbing, removing, destroying, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
surpassing, excelling, [Megh.]; [Kād.]; [Bālar.]
f. stealing, theft, [MW.]