maggati : [mag + a] seeks; tracks; traces out. || maññati (man + ya), imagines; is of opinion; deems.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Maggati & (spurious) mageti [Denom. fr. magga, cp. Sk. margayati. The Dhtp. gives both mag & magg in meaning "anvesana," i. e. tracking, following up; see Dhtp Nos. 21, 540, 541] to track, hunt for, trace out, follow, seek M i.334 (ppr. magayamana); S ii 270 (pp. maggayamāna); Th 2, 384 (cp. ThA 255=pattheti); J v.102 (where T. reads maggheyya, which is expld by C. as vijjheyya to pierce, hurt, & which is doubtful in meaning, although Kern, Toev.s. v. defends it. The v. l. reads magg˚. Same on p. 265 where one ought to read phasseyya in C. instead of passeyya. The form pp. magga (?) on p. 102 must belong to the same root); DhsA 162 (=gavesati). -- Caus. II. maggāpeti PvA 112. -- Pass. maggīyati VbhA 114.

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