मिष् [ miṣ ] [ miṣ ]1 Root cl. [6] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxviii , 60) [ miṣáti ] ( of the simple verb only pr. p. [ miṣát ] ; in Gr. also pf. [ mimeṣa ] ; aor. [ ameṣīt ] ; fut. [ meṣitā ] , [ meṣiṣyati ] ; cf. [ un- ] and [ ni√ miṣ ] ) , to open the eyes , wink , blink Lit. RV. (generally used in gen. = before the eyes of , in presence of , in spite of e.g. [ miṣato bandhu-vargasya ] , the whole number of friends looking on i.e. before their very eyes , in spite of them) ; to rival , emulate ( [ spardhāyām ] ) Lit. Dhātup.