Vīmaŋsati (& ˚eti) [Vedic mīmāŋsate, Desid. of man. The P. form arose through dissimilation m>v, cp. Geiger, P.Gr. 46, 4] "to try to think," to consider, examine, find out, investigate, test, trace, think over Sn 215 (˚amāna), 405; J i.128, 147, 200; vi.334; Miln 143; PvA 145, 215, 272; Sdhp 91. -- ger. ˚itvā J vi.368; Mhvs 5, 36; PvA 155; inf. ˚ituŋ Mhvs 37, 234; PvA 30, 155, 283 (sippaŋ). -- Caus. II, vīmaŋsāpeti to cause to investigate J v.110. -- Cp. pari˚.