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dhāvati

pr 3rd sg of dhāvati (verb)

1. runs; races; sprints; flies (to)
2. runs away; flees

Etymology. dhāva + ti; from √dhāv 'run, flow'; Sanskrit dhāvati [dhāv]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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