Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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opāteti : [ava + pat + e] makes fall; interrupts.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Opāteti [o + Caus. of pat] to make fall, to destroy (cp. atipāteti), i. e. 1. to break, to interrupt, in kathaŋ opāteti to interrupt a conversation M ii.10, 122, 168; A iii.137, 392 sq.; Sn p. 107. -- 2. to drop, to omit (a syllable) Vin iv.15.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,