1. to lay hand on, to touch, strike; fig. to offend, assail insult MN.i.371; Ja.i.481; Ja.v.197; aor. āsādesi Thag.280 (mā ā. Tathāgate); ger. āsādetvā Ja.v.272; Mil.100, Mil.205 (˚ayitvā); Pv-a.266 (isiṃ), āsādiya Ja.v.154 (āsādiya metri causa; isiṃ, cp. āsajja³), & āsajja (q.v.); infin. āsāduṃ Ja.v.154 & āsādituṃ ibid.; grd. āsādanīya Mil.205; Vv-a.213 (an˚).
2. to come near to (c. acc.), approach get Ja.iii.206 (khuracakkaṃ). Asalha & Asalhi

Caus. of āsīdati, ā + sad; cp. āsajja & āsanna