दुष् [duṣ] 4 P. (दुष्यति, दुष्ट)
To be bad or corrupted, be spoiled or suffer damage.
To be defiled or violated (as a woman &c.), be stained, be or become impure or contaminated; स्वल्पेनाप्यपकारेण ब्राह्मण्यमिव दुष्यति
[Pt.1.] 66;
[Ms.7.24;9.318;1.12.] To sin, commit a mistake, be wrong.
To be unchaste or faithless.-Caus. (दूषयति-ते, but दूषयति-ते or दोषयति-ते in the sense of 'making depraved' or 'corrupting')
To corrupt, spoil, cause to perish, hurt, destroy, defile, taint, contaminate, vitiate, pollute (lit. and fig.); न भीतो मरणादस्मि केवलं दूषितं यशः
[Mk.1.27;] पूरा दूषयति स्थलीम्
[R.12.3;8.68;1.47;12.4;] [Ms.5.1,14;7.195;] [Y.1.189;] [Amaru.72;] न त्वेवं दूषयिष्यामि शस्त्रग्रहमहाव्रतम्
[Mv.3.8.] 'shall not sully, violate or break &c.'
To corrupt the morals, demoralize.
To violate or dishonour (as a girl or another's wife); योऽकामां दूषयेत्कन्यां स सद्यो बधमर्हति
[Ms.8.364,368.] To abrogate, rescind, annul.
To blame, censure, find fault with, speak ill of, accuse; दूषितः सर्वलोकेषु निषादत्वं गमिष्यति Rām.;
[Y.1.66.] To adulterate.
To falsify.
To refute, disprove.