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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

वस् (encl.) acc. dat. gen. pl. of 2nd pers. pron. (cf. Pāṇ. viii, 1, 21, 24 &c.), RV.; &c.
वस् (a Vedic root connected with √ उष् q.v.; not in Dhātup.) cl. 6. P., उच्छ/ति (pf. उवा/स, ऊषु/ः, RV. &c.; aor. अवात् [?] AV.; अवस्रन्, RV.; Cond. अवत्स्यत्, ŚBr.; Ved. inf. व/स्तवे, -उ/षि),
to shine, grow bright (esp. applied to the dawn), RV.;
to bestow by shining upon (dat.), ib. i, 113, 7;
(with दूरे/) to drive away by shining, ib. vii, 77, 4 :
Caus. वास/यति, to cause to shine, RV.
वस् [cf. वसर् in वसर्-हन्; Gk. ἔαρ for φεσαρ; Lat. vēr &c.]
वस् cl. 10. P. वासयति (aor. अवीवसत्), to love;
to cut off;
to accept, take;
to offer;
to kill (नि-वासित, killed), Dhātup. xxxiii, 70 (only with prep.; See परि-√ वस्; but accord. to some the Impv. वसिष्व [RV. viii, 70, 10] and उष, ‘a lover’ [x, 95, 5], and व/सिष्ठ [ib. 17] belong also to this root, which has developed an obscene meaning = Gk. κεντέω, futuere).
वस् cl. 2. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiv, 13) व/स्ते (Impv. वसिष्व, RV.; वद्ध्वम्, Kauś.; p. व/सान, once उसान/ and उस/मान, RV.; pf. ववसे, Śiś.; वावसे, p. °सान/, RV.; aor. अवसिष्ट, ib.; fut. वसिता Gr.; वसिष्यते, ib.; वत्स्यति, Hariv. 11206; inf. वसितुम्, MBh.; R.; ind.p. वसित्वा, Mn.; BhP.; -वस्य, MBh.),
to put on, invest, wear, (clothes &c.), assume (a form &c.), enter into, RV. &c. &c.:
Caus. वास/यति, °ते (Pass. वास्यते), to cause or allow to put on or wear (clothes), clothe (Ā. ‘one's self’) with (instr.), RV.; GṛŚrS.; Mn. :
Desid. विवसिषते Gr.:
Intens. वावस्यते, वावस्ति ib.
वस् [cf. Gk. ἕννυμι for ϝεσ-νυμι; Lat. vestis; Goth. wasjan; Angl.Sax. werian; Eng. wear.]
वस् (ifc.), clothed in, wearing (e.g. प्रेत-चूवर-वस्, ‘wearing the garments of dead men’), Ragh.
वस् cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xxiii, 36) व/सति (mc. also °ते; pf. उवास, ऊषुः, RV. &c. &c.; p. वावसान, RV. i, 46, 13; -वासां चक्रे, Up.; aor. अवात्सीत्, AV.; अवाक्सम्, AitBr. [where it is artificially connected with वाच्]; अवास्तम्, Up.; fut. वस्ता Gr.; वत्स्यति, °ते, Br. &c.; वसिष्यति, MBh.; inf. वस्तुम्, वसितुम्, MBh. &c.; ind.p. उषित्वा/, Br.; उष्ट्वा, MBh.; -उ/ष्य, Br. &c.),
to dwell, live, stop (at a place), stay (esp. ‘overnight’, with or without रात्रिम् or रात्रीस्), RV. &c. &c.;
to remain, abide with or in (with loc. of pers.; loc. or acc. of place, esp. with वासम् or वसतिम्), ŚBr. &c. &c.;
to remain or keep on or continue in any condition (with a pp., e.g. with छन्न, ‘to continue to be covered’ KātyŚr.; or with an acc., with ब्रह्मचर्यम्, ‘to practise chastity’ AitBr.; or with an adv. e.g. with सुखम्, ‘to live pleasantly or at ease’; with or without दूरतस्, ‘to keep aloof’), TS. &c. &c.;
to have sexual intercourse with (loc.), Hariv.;
to rest upon (loc.), Subh.;
to charge or entrust with (instr.), Hariv.;
cl. 10. P. वसयति, to dwell, Dhātup. xxxv, 84, e :
Pass. उष्यते (aor. अवासि), to be dwelt &c., MBh.; Kāv. &c.:
Caus. वास/यति, °ते (cf. Pāṇ. i, 3, 89; aor. अवीवसत्, MaitrS. :
Pass. वास्य/ते, Br., °ति, MBh.), to cause to halt or stay (overnight), lodge, receive hospitably or as a guest, ŚBr.; MBh. &c.;
to cause to have sexual intercourse with (loc.), MatsyaP.;
to let anything stand overnight (with तिस्रो, scil. रत्रीस्, ‘three nights’), Kauś.;
to cause to wait, keep in suspense, RV.;
to delay, retard, Kām.;
to cause to exist, preserve, ŚBr.;
to cause to be inhabited, populate (a country), Hit.;
to put in, place upon (loc.), MBh.; Hariv.; Kāv. (अनध्यायम् मुखे, to put restraint on the mouth, refrain from speaking);
to produce, Sarvad. :
Desid. विवत्सति, to wish to dwell, ŚBr. :
Intens. वावस्यते, वावस्ति, to remain, be in, be engaged in MW.
वस् [cf. Goth. wisan ; Germ. wësan, ge-wesen, war &c.; Angl.Sax. wësan; Eng. was, were.]
व/स् (only in gen. व/साम्), prob. either ‘an abode’ or ‘a dweller’ RV. v.2, 6.
वस् (only वसिष्व, [अनु] -वावसे, वावसान/, and व/स्तोस्), to rush or aim at, attack, RV. viii, 70, 10 (cf. under √ वस्); viii, 4, 8; i, 51, 3; vi, 11, 6 (?); i, 174, 3.
वस् (also written बस्) cl. 4. P. वस्यति, to be or make firm, Dhātup. xxxiii, 70.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

वस्
I. 1 P. (वसति, sometimes वसते, उवास, अवात्सति, वत्स्यति, वस्तुं, उषित)

1 To dwell, inhabit, live, stay, abide, reside (usually with loc.; but sometimes acc.); धीरसमीरे यमुनातीरे वसति वने वनमाली Gīt. 5.

2 To be, exist, be found in; वसंति हि प्रेम्णि गुणा न वस्तुनि Ki. 8. 37; यत्राकृतिस्तत्र गुणा वसंतिः भूतिः श्रीर्ह्रीर्धृतिः कीर्तिर्दक्षे वसति नालसे Subhāṣ.

3 To spend, pass (as time) (with acc.).

— Caus.

1 To cause to dwell to dwell, lodge, people.

2 To receive hospitably.

3 To dwell, inhabit.

— Desid. (विवत्सति) To wish to dwell.
II. 2 A. (वस्ते) To wear, put on; वसने परिधूसरे वसाना Ś. 7. 21, Śi. 9. 75; R. 12. 8; Ku. 3. 54, 7. 9; Bk. 4. 10.

— Caus. (वासयति-ते) To cause to put on.
III. 4 P. (व स्यति)

1 To be straight.

2 To be firm.

3 To fix.
IV. 10 U. (वासयति-ते)

1 To cut, divide, cut off.

2 To love.

3 To take, accept.

4 To hurt, kill.

5 To offer.
V. 10 U. (वसयति-ते) To scent, perfume.