pratisaṃhf | प्रतिसंह्फ़् | pratisaMhf
prati-saṃ-√ hf | प्रति-सं-√ ह्फ़् | P. Ā. -harati | -हरति |, ˚te | ˚ते |, to draw together, contract (with ātmānam | आत्मानम् |, ‘one's self’ i.e. to shrink, return to its usual bed, said of the sea), Hariv.; to draw or keep back, withdraw (as a weapon, the eye &c.), MBh.; Kāv.; to take away, put off, Āpast.; to absorb, annihilate, destroy, MBh.; Pur.; Jātakam.; to check, stop, repress, MBh.; R. &c.; to change, MW. : Caus. -hārayati | -हारयति |, to retract, R.