Dictionary meanings for ācar from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. 1 To act, practise, do, perform, undertake, exercise; tapasvikanyāsvavinayabhācarati Ś. 1. 25 practises rudeness; sthitiṃ R. 1. 89, 12. 22; tvaṃ ca tasyeṣṭamācareḥ V. 5. 20, 1. 17; nācaṃretkiṃcidapriyaṃ Ms. 5. 156; Y. 3. 65; na cāpyācaritaḥ pūrvairayaṃ dharmaḥ Mb.; so sevāṃ, vidhiṃ, snānaṃ, vṛttiṃ.
2 To act or behave towards (with loc.); tasyāṃ tvaṃ sādhu nācaraḥ R. 1. 76; viṣṇāvivācara- ti śive Vop.
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
-carati, to come near to (acc.), approach RV.; to lead hither (as a path) TS. ii Page131,3; to address, apply to (acc.) Pan5cat.; to proceed, manage, behave one's self. RPra1t.; Mn. ii, 110, &c; to use, apply A1p.; RPra1t.; to examine (a witness) Mn. viii,... See dur-āc/ara. 016596 131,3 22891 n. approaching, arrival (as of the dawn) RV. i, 48, 3 131,3 22892 n. undertaking, practising, performing Ka1d.; Sa1h. 131,3...