apacāyati

to honour respect, pay reverence DN.i.91 (pūjeti +); Ja.iii.82. Pot. apace (for apaceyya, may be taken to apacināti 2; AN.iv.245; Thag-a.72 (here to apacināti 1)
pp apacita (q.v.).

fr. apa- ci, cp. cināti & cayati, with diff. meaning in Sk.; better expld. perhaps as denom. fr. *apacāya in meaning of apacāyana, cp. apacita