Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. (vaṃcati) 1 To go, to ar- rive at; vavaṃcuścāhavakṣitiṃ Bk. 14. 74, 7. 106.
2 To wander over.
3 To go slyly or secretly, sneak.
4 To go crookedly.
5 Ved. To shake, totter, tremble. Caus. (vaṃcayati-te) 1 To avoid, escape from, evade, shun; ahiṃ vaṃcayati; avaṃcayata māyāśca svamāyābhirnaradviṣāṃ Bk. 8. 43.
2 To cheat, deceive, defraud (said to be A. only, but often P. also); mūrkhā- stvāmavavaṃcaṃta...
