maddati : [madd + a] crushes; tramples on; subjugates.

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

Maddati [cp. Vedic mṛd to crush: see etym. under mat- tikā] 1. to tread on, trample on (acc.), crush J iii.245, 372 (ppr. maddamāna); DhA ii.66. -- 2. to defeat, destroy Sn 770 (=abhibhavati Nd1 12); Nd2 85 (madditvā=abhibhuyya); SnA 450; Mhvs 1, 41. -- fig. to crush a heresy: vādaŋ m. Mhvs 36, 41. -- 3. to neglect (an advice), spurn J iii.211 (ovādaŋ). -- 4. to mix up, knead, jumble together DhA ii.155. -- 5. to thresh J i.215. -- 6. to break down, upset J i.500 (vatiŋ, a fence). -- 7. to draw together (a net) J i.208. -- Caus. I. maddeti to cause to be trampled on Mhvs 29. 4 (aor. maddayi). -- Caus. II. maddāpeti to cause to be threshed Vin ii.180. -- pp. maddita. See also pari˚.

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