nibbeṭheti

  1. to unravel, untwist, unwind; to explain, make clear DN.i.54 (nibbeṭhiyamāna, variant reading BB nibbedh˚); Pv.iv.3#29 (˚ento = niveṭhīyamāna Pv-a.253 variant reading BB nibbedh˚) Mil.3; Sdhp.153.
  2. to deny, reject Vin.ii.79; DN.i.3 (= apanetabba Com.); SN.iii.12 (variant reading BB ˚dh˚).
  3. to give an evasive answer Vin.iii.162
    ■ See also nibbejaniya

pp nibbeṭhita, q.v.

Sk. nirveṣṭate, nis + veṭheti, to twist round