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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

भाष् cl. 1. Ā. (Dhātup. xvi, 11) भा/षते (ep. also P. °ति; pf. बभाषे, Br. &c.; fut. भाषिष्यते or भाषिता Gr.: aor. अभाषिषि, °ष्ठाः, °षत, Bhaṭṭ.; inf. भाषितुम्, Up.; भाष्टुम्, MBh.; ind.p. भाषित्वा, -भाष्य, ib.),
to speak, talk, say, tell (with acc. of thing or person, sometimes also with acc. of thing and person), Br. &c. &c.;
to speak of or about or on (acc.), Kām.;
to announce, declare, Gobh.;
to call, name, describe as (with two acc.), Mn.; Śrutab.;
to use or employ in speaking, Nir.; Suśr.;
Pass. भाष्यते (aor. अभाषि), to be spoken, be addressed or spoken to, MBh.; Kāv. &c.:
Caus. भाषयति, °ते (aor. अबभाषत् or अबीभषत्, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3), to cause to speak or talk, MārkP. ;
to cause to speak i.e. to think, agitate, disquiet, R.;
to say, speak, MBh. :
Desid., बिभाषिषते Gr.:
Intens. बभाष्यते, बाभाष्टि, ib., (sometimes confounded with भष्; cf. √ भण् and भास्).
भाष् (√ भष्), occurring only in रक्षो-भाष् q.v.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

भाष् 1 A. (भाषते, भाषित)

1 To say, speak, utter; त्वयैकमीशं प्रति साधु भाषितं Ku. 5. 81; oft. with two acc.; भीतां प्रियामेत्य वचो बभाषे R. 7. 66; आखंडलः काममिदं बभाषे Ku. 3. 11; Bk. 9. 122.

2 To speak to, address; किंचिद्विहस्यार्थपतिं बभाषे R. 2. 46; 3. 51.

3 To tell, announce, declare; क्षितिपालमुच्चैः प्रीत्या तमेवार्थमभाषतेव R. 2. 51.

4 To speak or talk about.

5 To name, call.

6 To describe. WITH अनु

1 to speak, say.

2 to communicate, announce; Ms. 11. 229.