Okassati [o + kassati, see also apakassati and avakaḍḍhati] to drag down, draw or pull away, distract, remove. Only in gerund okassa, always combined with pasayha "removing by force" D II 74 (Text okk°); A IV 16 (Text okk°, v.l. ok°), 65 (the same); Miln 210. Also in causative okasseti to pull out, draw out Thig 116 (vaṭṭiṃ = dīpavaṭṭiṃ ākaḍḍheti Thig-a 117). [mss. often spell okk°].