or vicī f. = vīci, a wave, [L.]
vi-√ 1. ci (not always separable from vi- √ ci) P. Ā. -cinoti, -cinute (Impv. -citana, -ciyantu, [RV.]), to segregate, select, pick out, cull, [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; to divide, part (hair), [VS.]; to take away, remove, disperse, [RV.]; [KātyŚr.]; to clear, prepare (a road), [RV.]; to distribute, [ib.]; to gather, collect, [ib.]; [Pañcat.]; to pile or heap up in a wrong way, disarrange, [ŚBr.]
vi-√ 2. ci (cf. prec.) P. -ciketi, -cinoti &c. (pr. p. -cinvat and -cinvāna), to discern, distinguish, [RV.]; [TBr.]; to make anything discernible or clear, cause to appear, illumine, [R.]; to search through, investigate, inspect, examine, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to look for, long for, strive after, [ib.]