vi-√ 1. vṛ (cf. vy-√ ūrṇu) P. Ā. -vṛṇoti, -vṛṇute &c. (in later language Ā. only intrans. or m.c.; in Vedaaor. often vy-āvar, -āvo, -āvaḥ; inf. -varitum, or -varītum) to uncover, spread out, open, display, show, reveal, manifest, [RV.] &c. &c.; to illumine (darkness), [RV.]; to unsheathe (a sword), [VarBṛS.]; to part, comb (hair), [HPariś.]; to explain, describe, comment upon, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to cover, cover up, stop up, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (perhaps always w.r. for pi-vṛ = api-√ vṛ, q.v.); pf. vi-vavāra ([Śiś. xix, 100]) = vivārayām-āsa, jaghāna (Sch.)