to touch (upon), to handle, to lay hold on Vin.ii.221; Vin.iii.48 (kumbhiṃ); Ja.iii.319 (id.); AN.v.263, AN.v.266; Ja.iv.67; Pts.ii.209; Mil.306; Snp-a.400; Dhs-a.302; Vv-a.17
aor āmasi Ja.ii.360; ger āmasitvā Vin.iii.140 (udakapattaṃ) Ja.ii.330; grd. āmassa Ja.ii.360 (an˚) and āmasitabba id. (Comm.)
pp āmaṭṭha & āmasita; (q.v.).

ā + masati fr. mṛś