ca.pr causes to descend; puts down; takes down, lowers (on to); removes

…Vv-a.64 (bhattabhājanaṃ oropeti)-ger. oropayitvā Snp.44 (= nikkhipitvā paṭippassambhayitvā Cnd.181 apanetvā Snp-a.91); Ja.vi.211…

…Pv-a.40
■ jīvitā voropeti to deprive of life, to kill Vin.iii.73; DN.iii.235; MN.ii.99; AN.iii.146 AN.iii.436; AN.iv.370 sq.;…

…DN.i.234
■ kesaṃ oropeti to have one’s hair cut Vin.ii.133.

-oropaṇa (-satthaka) a hair-cutting (knife),…

…down, to cut or shave off (hair) Ja.vi.52 (kesamassuṃ); Dhp-a.ii.53 (cp oropeti)
pp avahaṭa.

o + hṛ; take

…(cp. ojahāti) Snp.64 (= oropeti Cnd.183). 2. to take down (see oharati 1) Vin.i.48; Pv-a.95. 3. to cut down, shave off…

to descend, climb down DN.ii.21; MN.iii.131; Ja.i.50; Mil.395; Pv-a.14
caus oropeti (q.v.).

o + rohati

…variant reading oropaṇa).

abstr. fr. oropeti

…To the latter belong the prep. compounds oropeti & voropeti.

…compounds oropeti (cut off) & voropeti (deprive). They are better to be taken here than to ava + ruh.

Caus. of…

…vokkanti, vokiṇṇa, voropeti vosāpeti, vosāna, vossagga. In a few cases it corresponds to vi + ud˚; as in vokkamati, vocchijjati…

depriving (jīvita˚ of life) Ja.i.99.

abstr. fr. voropeti

…only in phrase jīvitā voropeti [which shows that -v- is purely euphonic] to deprive of life, to kill DN.i.85; Ja.iv.454; DN-a.i.236;…