प्रवच् [ pravac ] [ pra-√ vac ] P. [ -vakti ] (inf. [ -vā́ce ] Lit. RV. ix , 95 , 2) , to proclaim , announce , praise , commend , mention , teach , impart , explain (with acc. of thing and dat. or gen. of person) Lit. RV. ; to tell of betray Lit. TS. ; to give , deliver ( with acc. and dat.) Lit. RV. Lit. Br. ; to speak , say , tell (with acc. , rarely dat. of person , and acc. of thing) Lit. PraśnUp. Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. ; to declare to be , call ( 2 acc.) Lit. Śrutab. : Caus. [ -vācayati ] , to cause to announce Lit. Gobh. : Desid. [ -vivakṣati ] Lit. MBh. xii , 3767 (w.r. [ -vivakṣataḥ ] for [ -vivikṣataḥ ] ) . ( 690,1 )