prati-√ muc P. Ā. -muñcati, °te, to put (clothes, a garland &c.) on (dat. gen. loc.), to fix or fasten on, append, [AV.] &c. &c.; (Ā., later also P.) to put on one's self, dress one's self, assume (a shape or form), [RV.] &c. &c.; to attach or fasten to (loc.), [KātyŚr.]; [BhP.]; to inflict on (loc.), [TBr.]; to set at liberty, release, let go, send away, [Ragh.]; [Rājat.]; [Kathās.]; to give up, resign, [Mṛcch.]; [Pañcat.]; to return, restore, pay back (as a debt), [MBh.]; to fling, hurl, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [R.] : Pass. -mucyate, to be freed or released from (abl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. -mocayati, to set free, rescue, save, [MBh.]