cl. 2. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 15]) niṃste, [Bhaṭṭ.] (niṃsate, niṃsata and p. níṃsāna, [RV.]; niṃsse, niṃssva, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 58]; pf. niniṃse aor. aniṃsiṣṭa fut. niṃsiṣyate, niṃsitā, Gr.) to touch closely, kiss, salute. (Perhaps fr. ninaṃs, Desid. of √ nam, like lips fr. li-laps cf. √ nikṣ.)