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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

भक्ष् (prob. a secondary form fr. √ भज्, or Nom. fr. भक्ष/; cf. also √ भिक्ष् and भञ्ज्) cl. 10. P. (Dhātup. xxxii, 22) भक्ष/यति (rarely Ā. °ते), and in later language also cl. 1. Ā. P. (Dhātup. xxi, 27) भक्षति, °ते (pf. भक्षयाम् आस, MBh. &c. fut. भक्षयिष्यति, °ते, ib.; aor. अबभक्षत्, ŚBr.; Pass. अभक्षि, BhP.; inf. भक्षयितुम्, MBh., °क्षितुम्, Pañcat.; ind.p. भक्षयित्वा, MBh.; -भक्ष्य, ib.; -भक्षम्, ŚāṅkhŚr.),
to eat or drink, devour, partake of (with acc., in Ved. also with gen.; in the older language usually of fluids, in the later only exceptionally so), RV. &c. &c.;
to sting, bite, Kathās.;
to consume, use up, waste, destroy, Mn.; MBh. &c.;
to drain the resources of, impoverish, Kām. :
Caus. भक्ष/यति See above;
to cause anything (acc.) to be eaten by (acc. or instr.), Pāṇ. i, 4, 52, Vārtt. 7, Pat. :
Desid. बिभक्षिषति or °क्षयिषति, to wish to eat or devour, MBh.; ĀpŚr. Sch. (cf. बिभक्षयिषु).

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

भक्ष् 10 U. (भक्षयति-ते, भक्षित)

1 To eat, devour; यथामिषं जले मत्स्यैर्भक्ष्यते श्वापदैर्भावि Pt. 1.

2 To use up, consume.

3 To waste, destroy.

4 To bite.