Okassati

to drag down, draw or pull away, distract, remove. Only in ger.; okassa, always comb^d. with pasayha “removing by force” DN.ii.74 (T. okk˚); AN.iv.16 (T. okk˚, variant reading ok˚), AN.iv.65 (id.); Mil.210. Also in Caus. okasseti to pull out draw out Thig.116 (vaṭṭiṃ = dīpavaṭṭiṃ ākaḍḍheti Thag-a.117). [MSS. often spell okk˚; ].

o + kassati, see also apakassati & avakaḍḍhati