to make fall, to destroy (cp. atipāteti), i.e.

1. to break, to interrupt, in kathaṃ opāteti to interrupt a conversation MN.ii.10, MN.ii.122, MN.ii.168; AN.iii.137 AN.iii.392 sq.; Snp.p.107.
2. to drop, to omit (a syllable Vin.iv.15.

o + Caus. of pat