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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

चल् (cf. √ चर् and also √ चट्) cl. 1. °लति (metrically also Ā. °ते; perf. चचाल pl. चेलुर्; fut. चलिष्यति; aor. अचालीत्),
to be moved, stir, tremble, shake, quiver, be agitated, palpitate, MBh. &c.;
to move on or forward, proceed, go away, start off, depart, MBh. (आसनेभ्यो ऽचलन्, ‘they rose from their seat’, v, 3114) &c.;
to set (said of the day), Kathās. lxxii, 406;
to be moved from one's usual course, be disturbed, become confused or disordered, go astray, MBh. &c.;
to turn away from, swerve, deviate from (abl. e.g. धर्मात्, to swerve from virtue, Mn. vii, 15; MBh. ii, 2629), fall off (with abl.), MBh. &c.;
to sport about, frolic, play (Dhātup. xxviii, 64), Kuval. 320 :
Caus. चलयति (Pāṇ. i, 3, 87), to cause to move, move, shake, jog, push, agitate, disturb, Ragh. viii, 52; Ṛtus.; BhP.; Bhaṭṭ.;
to cause to deviate, turn off from (abl.), Mṛcch. ix, 21 :
Caus. चालय्° (Pass. चाल्यते) to cause to move, shake, jog, push, agitate, MBh. &c.;
to drive, drive away, remove or expel from (abl.), MBh. i, 5743; xiii, 3336; Hariv. 2697;
to disturb, make confused or disordered, MBh. xii; Vedântas.; BhP. iii, 1, 42;
to cause to deviate from (abl.), MBh. iii, 1504; R. iii;
to cherish, foster, Dhātup. xxxii, 68 (v.l. for √ बल्) :
Intens. चञ्चल्यते (cf. चञ्चल) or चाच्° (cf. अ/-विचाचल ff.), Vop. xx, 8 f.;
चल् [cf. κέλλω, ὀκέλλω, κέλης; Lat. celer, pro-cello, ex-.]

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

चल्
I. 1 P. (चलति, rarely चलते, चचाल, अचालीत्, चलितुं, चलित)

1 To shake, tremble, move, throb, palpitate, stir; छिन्नाश्चेलुः क्षणं भुजाः Bk. 14. 40; सपक्षोद्रिरिवाचालीत् 15. 24; 6. 84.

2 (a) To go, move on, walk, stir or move (from one's place); पदात्पदमपि चलितुं न शक्नोति Pt. 4; च लत्येकेन पादेनतिष्ठत्येकेन बुद्धिमान् Chāṇ. 32; चचाल बाला स्तनभिन्नवल्कला Ku. 5. 84; Mk. 1. 56. (b) To proceed (on one's way), depart, set out, start off; चेलुश्चीरपरिग्रहाः Ku. 6. 92 vl.

3 To be affected, to be disturbed, confused or disordered (as mind), be agitated or perturbed; मुनेरपि यतस्तस्य दर्शनाच्चलते मनः Pt. 1. 400; लोभेन बुद्धिश्चलति H. 1. 140.

4 To deviate or swerve (with abl.); चलति नयान्न जिगीषतां हि चेतः Ki. 10. 29; to fall off, leave; Ms. 7. 15; Y. 1. 361.

— Caus. (च-चा-लयति, चलित, चालित)

1 To cause to move, shake, stir; R. 8. 53.

2 To drive away, dismiss, remove or expel from; चाणक्ये चलिताधिकारविमुखे Mu. 4. 15.

3 To lead away from.

4 To cherish, foster (चालयति only).

5 To disturb, agitate; सुजनं जनाश्चलयितुं क ईशते Śi. 15. 40.
II. 6 P. (चलति, चलित) To sport, play, frolic about.