नि-√ वृत् aĀ. -वर्तते (
ind.p. -वृत्य,
[AV.] ; infin.
-वर्तितुम्,
[MBh.] ; rarely
P. e.g. Pot. -वर्तेत्,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] ;
impf. or subj.
-वर्तत्,
[RV.] ;
pf. -वावृतुर्,
ib.;
fut. -वर्तिष्यति,
[MBh.] ;
-वर्त्स्यन्,
[Bhaṭṭ.] ;
aor. -अवृतत्,
ib.),
to turn back, stop (trans. and intrans.),
[RV.] &c.;
to return from (
abl. ) to (
acc. with or without
प्रति, or
dat. );
to return into life, revive, be born again,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to turn away, retreat, flee, escape, abstain or desist from, get rid of (
abl. ),
ib.;
to fall back, rebound,
[R.] ;
to leave off (
सामि, in the midst or when anything is half finished,
[ŚBr.] ), cease, end, disappear, vanish,
[TS.] ;
[ŚBr.] ;
[Up.] &c.;
to be withheld from, not belong to (
abl. );
to be omitted, not to occur,
[Lāṭy.] ;
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] ;
to be ineffective or useless,
[MBh.] ;
[Kathās.] ;
to be wanting, not to exist (
यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते, for which there are no words),
[TUp.] ;
to pass over to (
loc. ),
[MBh.] ;
to be turned upon (
loc. or
तत्र),
ib. :
Caus. -वर्तयति,
°ते (
Ā. Pot. -वर्तयीत,
[ĀśvŚr.] ;
Pass. -वर्त्यते,
[Ragh.] ),
to turn downwards, let sink (the head),
[TBr.] ;
to turn back
i.e. shorten (the hair),
[Br.] ;
to lead or bring back, reconduct, return,
[AV.] &c. &c.;
to turn away, avert or keep back from (
abl. ),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to give up, abandon, suppress, withhold, refuse, deny;
to annul, remove, destroy,
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] ;
[Pur.] ;
to bring to an end
i.e. perform, accomplish (a sacrifice &c.),
[R.] ;
[BhP.] ;
to procure, bestow,
[Hariv.] ;
[MārkP.] ;
to desist from (
abl. ),
[MBh.] ;
[R.] नि-°वृत् bw.r. for
नि-चृत्.