विच् [ vic ] [ vic ] Root (cf. √ [ vij ] ) cl. [7] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxix , 5) [ vinákti ] , [ viṅkte ] ( 2. sg. [ vivekṣi ] Lit. RV. vii , 3 , 4 ; pf. [ viveca ] Lit. AV. , p. [ vivikvás ] Lit. RV. aor. [ avaikṣīt ] Gr. ; fut. [ vektā ] , [ vekṣyati ] Lit. ib. ; inf. [ vektum ] Lit. MBh. ; ind. [ -vicya ] . [ -vecam ] Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Kāv.) , to sift , separate (esp. grain from chaff by winnowing) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. ; to separate from , deprive of (instr.) Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; to discriminate , discern , judge Lit. RV. iii , 57 , 1 : Pass. [ vicyáte ] (aor. [ aveci ] ) Lit. AV. : Caus. [ -vecayati ] (aor. [ avīvicat ] ) see [ vi-√ vic ] : Desid. [ vivikṣati ] Gr.: Intens. ( or cl. [3] see Lit. Dhātup. xxv , 12) [ vevekti ] Lit. Kauś. ( cf. Gk. 1 ; Lat. (vices) )