(Vedic form of √ lih) cl. 6. 2. P. riháti, réḍhi (or réi; 3. pl. Ā. rihaté; pr. p. rihāṇá or ríhāṇa), to lick, kiss, caress, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; (rihati) to praise, worship, [Naigh. iii, 14]; (Imp. ririḍḍhi, rirīhi) to ask, implore, [ib.] [iii, 19]; also v.l. for √ riph, [Dhātup. xxviii, 23] : Intens. rerihyáte (rérihat, °hāṇa See s.v.), to lick or kiss again and again, caress repeatedly, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]