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दाबना dābnā[dāb˚= S. दाम्य(ित), rt. दम् ], v.t. To press down; to suppress, repress; to rule; to restrain; to snub; to subdue, to tame; to squeeze, hug (seedabāna):—dāb-baiṭhnā, v.t. 'To sit heavily upon'; to repress, keep down; to take unlawful possession of, to usurp; to embezzle; to encroach upon; to do violence to; to violate:—dāb-denā, v.t. (intens.), To press down; to bury:—dāb-rakhnā, v.t. To press, to retain by pressure; to keep down; to keep back, withhold; to conceal, secrete; to steal; to keep possession of by force or fraud; to grip (as money):—dāb-lenā, v.t. To press down; to overpower, to subdue; to seize by force, to usurp, etc. (=dāb-baiṭhnā);—to outgrow.
Origin: Hindi