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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. 1 To drink up(lit. and fig.); ṣaḍānanāpītapayodharāsu R. 14. 22; ā- pītasūryaṃ nabhaḥ Mk. 5. 20 quite concealed or obscured; divākarāpītarasā mahauṣadhīḥ Mb.
2 To drink with the ears or eyes, hear or see intently; tā rāghavaṃ dṛṣṭibhirāpibaṃtyaḥ R. 7. 12; K. 86; bhagavatkathāsudhāmāpīyakarṇāṃjalibhiḥ Bhāg.
3 To eclipse, surpass.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -pibati, (Impv. 2. du. /āpibatam RV. ii, 36, 6; pf. -papau: Pass. -pīyate, &c) to drink in, suck in or up; to sip RV.; MBh.; Ragh.; to drink in with ears or eyes i.e. to hear or, see with attention, hang on BhP.; Ragh.; to absorb, take away: Caus.... n. the act of drinking, a drinking-party, banquet MBh. 143,2 24944 n. (for 1. āpān/a, see p. 142, col. 2.) 017980 143,2 24945 f. a banquet, carouse Katha1s. 017981...