1. to serve, associate with, resort to Vin.ii.203; AN.i.124 sq.; Snp.57, Snp.75; Pp.33; Iti.107; Ja.iii.525; Snp-a.169.
2. to practice, embrace, make use of Vin.i.10 = SN.v.421; DN.iii.157; SN.i.12; …

frequents, inhabits, resorts to; serves, waits upon; practices, performs; indulges in.

of nisevati

1. (mfn,) visited, frequented; practiced, studied; waited upon.
2. (n.)
   1. resorting to; practice.
   2. (a sign of) frequenting; a…

frequents; keeps close to, clings to.

frequents, stays at; associates with, consorts with; makes use of (frequently).

attends to, practises, cultivates; indulges in.

…(surāmeraya-pānaṃ = sevati bahulīkaroti Dhp-a.iii.356); Pv-a.61 (kammaṭṭhānaṃ). 2. to ask a question, to call…

…viz sankhāy’ ekaṃ paṭisevati, adhivāseti, parivajjeti, vinodeti AN.v.30.

• -phalaka (cp. Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 71) a…

…SN.iv.322; Dhp-a.iii.356 (sevati +) Vb-a.291; -kāra zealous exercise, practice MN.iii.25 sq (tab-bahulī˚ to this end).

rare in Epic…

…to love. Freq. syn. of sevati. The Dhtp & Dhtm mark the fig. meaning (bhaj²) by sevāyaṃ (Dhtp.61),…

…practically syn. with sevati; SN.i.198 (saddhaṃ) Snp.324 (kammāni); Dhp.285 (imper. brūhaya = vaḍḍhaya…

… ■ diṭṭhiṃ āsevati to hold a view MN.i.323; ˚ṃ bhindati to give up a view Ja.i.273 Dāvs ii.58.

-ānugati a sign of…

…l. senāsanaṃ paṭisevati etc.); Vv-a.298, Vv-a.335 sq.; Pv-a.180. 2. (of men) low wretched, rough, miserable, offensive Vin.i.199;…

…˚ṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevati to cohabit Vin.i.96; DN.ii.133; Snp.291, Snp.704; Mnd.139; Vism.418; Snp-a.536
■ (m.) an associate…

, also -ā feminine practising, enjoying; pursuit Pp.20, Pp.24; Sdhp.406.

Sk. niṣevana, cp. nisevati

to resort to, practise, pursue, follow, indulge in Ja.ii.106; Snp.821 (= Mnd.157); Pv.ii.3#19 (= karoti Pv-a.87); Mil.359
pp nisevita.

ni + sev

adjective frequented, practised, enjoyed, indulged in MN.i.178; Sdhp.373.

pp. of nisevati

to go up or near to, to approach, serve, beset Ja.iii.214. fut. -upessati Ja.iv.362 (gloss upasevati).

pati + upeti

…cp. Mnd.65); Iti.21 (puññaṃ); Snp-a.169 (pakurute, corresponding with sevati)
pp pakata (q.v.).

pa + kṛ;…

…˚māneti, ˚ruddha, ˚rūpa ˚līna, ˚sallāna, etc. ˚sibbati, ˚sevati, ˚ssata, ˚ssaya ˚ssava.

Vedic prati etc.

…˚lobheti, ˚sāmeti, ˚sevati (go after), ˚ssata. 2. together (con-, com-), esp. combined with -saṃ˚; ˚saṃyujati ˚passaddha,…

going after, indulging in, practice MN.i.10.

fr. paṭisevati

…is spelt pati˚; at Dhp.67, Dhp.68; Ja.iii.275 Ja.iii.278.

paṭi + sevati, cp. BSk. pratisevate Divy.258…

one who practises, pursues or indulges in (acc.) AN.iii.143 sq. (bhesajjaṃ).

n. ag. of paṭisevati

associating Dhs.1326 = Pp.20.

fr. saṃsevati

…DN.ii.227; DN.iii.224 (paṭisevati etc.: with ref. to the 4 apassenāni); SN.i.182; Snp.209, Snp.391 Snp.749, Snp.1048 (= jānitvā etc. Cnd.619);…

(-˚) feminine = sevanā Vb-a.282 sq.

abstr, fr. sevati

following, associating with Snp.259; Dhs.1326; Pp.20; Dhtp.285 (as nt.); cohabiting Vin.iii.29.

fr. sevati

adjective going close after, following Ja.v.399 [f. ˚ī.).

fr. upanisevati

to pursue, follow, go up after, cling to (acc) MN.i.306
pp upanisevita (q.v.).

upa + n˚

gone on to, furnished with, sticking or clinging to, full of Ja.v.302 (kakka˚).

pp. of upanisevati

…of the seasons); Mil.351.

abstr. fr. upasevati

1. to practice, frequent, pursue Mil.355.
2. to serve, honour, Snp.318 (˚amāna). pp. upasevita (q.v.).

upa + sev

adjective (-˚) pursuing, following, going after AN.iii.136 (vyatta˚); Mil.264 (rāj˚); Dhp-a.iii.482 (para-dār˚).

fr. upasevati

visited, frequented Pv-a.147 (for sevita).

pp. of upasevati

…to; siñcati besprinkle; ˚sevati indulge in 4. out of meaning (a) develops that of an intensive-frequentative prefix in sense of…

…(cp. trsl. 294, 362); Vism.538.

fr. āsevati

to frequent, visit; to practise, pursue, indulge, enjoy AN.i.10; Snp.73 (cp. Cnd.94); Pts.ii.93 (maggaṃ)
pp āsevita.

ā + sev

frequented, indulged, practised, enjoyed Ja.i.21 (Ja.v.141; āsevita-nisevita); Ja.ii.60; Sdhp.93, Sdhp.237.

pp. of āsevati