cat cl. 1. ca/tati , ‘to hide one's self’. See ca/tat and ca/tta ; to go, Naigh. ii, 14 ; P. and Ā. to ask, beg (= √ cad ), Dhātup. xxi, 5 : Caus. cAta/yati , °te ( aor. acIcattam , acIcate , TĀr. ii, 4, 5 f. ), ‘to cause to hide’, scare, frighten away, RV. iv, 17, 9 ; x, 155, 1 ; AV. iv , xix ( cf. niS- , pra- , vi- ; cf. also cAtaka , cAtana , cAttra .)
cat 1 U. ( catati-te ) 1 To ask, beg, request. 2 To go. — Caus. ( cAtayati-te ) 1 To cause to hide. 2 To scare, terrify.