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anussarati
pr 3rd sg of anussarati (verb)
- remembers; recollects; bears in mind
- follows; pursues; chases after; lit. flows behind
- foresees; predicts; lit. remembers
Built from
- anu — prefix · along, after
Trails behind, follows the track; here expresses the sense of remembering as a mental trailing-after of past experience.
- ssa — stem · remember
Contracted form of √smar- in presentational tense-stem. Related to Sanskrit smṛti (memory) and the Indo-European root that gives English 'smart'.
- ti — ending · 3rd sg present
Marks third person singular present indicative; -ti is the regular primary ending for this tense and person.
Etymology. anu- (along, trailing after) + √smar- (remember), cognate with Sanskrit smṛti 'memory' and English 'smart' in its original sense of 'feel keenly'; the prefix anu- gives the sense of memory as following along after, retaining the trace of what has passed.