to dry up, to wither; in later quotations of the old kāmaṃ taco ca nahāru ca aṭṭhi ca avasussatu (upasussatu sarīre maṃsalohitaṃ Ja.i.71, Ja.i.110; Sdhp.46. It is a later spelling for the older avasissatu see Trenckner (MN.i.569)
fut avasucchati (= Sk. *˚śokṣyati, fut. of Intens.) Ja.vi.550 (variant reading BB ˚sussati; C. avasucchissati).

Sk. *ava-suṣyati of śuṣ