apacināti

  1. [in meaning of Sk. apacīyate cp. P. upaciyyati Pass. of upacināti] to get rid of, do away with, (cp. apacaya), diminish, make less SN.iii.89 (opp. ācināti); Thag.807; Ja.iv.172 (apacineth’ eva kāmāni = viddhaṃseyyatha C.). Here belong prob. aor 3rd pl. apaciyiṃsu (to be read for upacciṃsu) at Ja.vi.187 (akkhīni a. “the eyes gave out”) and Pot. pres. apace Thag-a.72 (on Thag.40).
  2. [= apacayati] to honour, esteem; observe, guard Vin.i.264 (apacinayamāna cīvaraṃ (?) variant reading apacitiyamāna; trsl. guarding his claim is, Vin Texts); MN.i.324 (see detail under apaviṇāti) Thag.186 (grd. apacineyya to be honoured); Ja.v.339 (anapacinanto for T. anupacinanto, variant reading anapavinati)

pp apacita (q.v.).

apa + cināti