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Dictionary meanings for ad from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

2 P. [atti, āda, jaghāsa, aghasat, atsyati, attuṃ, anna, -jagdha, jagdhvā] 1 To eat, devour.

2 To destroy.

3 = aṃd, q. v. Caus. To feed with, cause to eat; ādayatyannaṃ baṭunā Sk. Desid. jighatsati To wish to eat. [cf. L. edo, Gr. edo, Germ. essen, Eng. eat; Lith. edmi, Sans. admi, Goth. at, Zend ad ]. With ava to satisfy by food, get rid of with feeding; (fig.) stop the mouth of. ā to eat &c. pra...

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. (at the end of comp.) Eating, devouring; māṃsāda carnivo- rous, feeding on flesh; so matsyaº.

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

cl.2 P. /atti, āda, atsyati, attum, to eat, consume, devour, Ved. Inf. /attave RV.: Caus. ād/ayati and te (once adayate [ A1pS3r. ]) to feed ([ cf. Lith. edmi; Slav. jamj for jadmj; Gk. ἔδω; Lat. edo; Goth. root āth pres. ita; Germ. essen; Eng. to eat, Arm.... mfn. belonging to the second class of roots called ad, &c cf. Pa1n2. 2-4, 72. 002492 17,3 3576 &c, see s.v. 002493 17,3 3577 &c, see s.v. 002494 17,3 3578

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