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Āharati [ā + hṛ] -- 1. to take, take up, take hold of, take out, take away M i.429 (sallaŋ); S i 121; iii.123; J i.40 (ger. āharitvā "with"), 293 (te hattaŋ); Nd2 540c (puttamaŋsaŋ, read āhāreyya?); Pv ii.310; DA i.186, 188 <-> 2. to bring, bring down, fetch D ii.245; J iv 159 (nāvaŋ; v. l. āhāhitvā); v.466; VvA 63 (bhattaŋ); PvA 75. <-> 3. to get, acquire, bring upon oneself J v.433 (padosaŋ); DhA ii.89. -- 4. to bring on to, put into (w. loc.); fig. & intrs. to hold on to, put oneself to, touch, resort to M i.395 (kaṭhalaŋ mukhe ā.; also inf. āhattuŋ); Th 1, 1156 (pāpacitte ā.; Mrs. Rh. D. Brethren ver. 1156, not as "accost" p. 419, n.). -- 5. to assault, strike, offend (for pāhari?) Th 1, 1173. -- 6. (fig.) to take up, fall or go back on (w. acc.), recite, quote, repeat (usually with desanaŋ & dasseti of an instructive story or sermon or homily) J iii.383 (desanaŋ), 401; v.462 (vatthuŋ āharitvā dassesi told a story for example); SnA 376; PvA 38, 39 (atītaŋ), 42, 66, 99 (dhamma -- desanaŋ). See also payirudāharati. <-> pp. āhaṭa (q. v.). -- Caus. II. āhārapeti to cause to be brought or fetched; to wish to take, to call or ask for J iii.88, 342; v.466; PvA 215.