paṭicarati : [paṭi + car + a] goes about; evades a question; obscures a matter of discussion.

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

Paṭicarati [paṭi+carati) 1. to wander about, to deal with Miln 94. -- 2. to go about or evade (a question), to obscure a matter of discussion, in phrase aññena aññaŋp. "to be saved by another in another way," or to from one (thing) to another, i. e. to receive a diff, answer to what is asked D i.94; Vin iv.35; M i.96, 250, 442; Aiv.168 (v. l. paṭivadati); expld at DA i.264 by ajjhottharati paṭicchādeti "to cover over," i. e. to conceal (a question). See on expression Dialogues i.116.

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