causative present 3 singular
Opilāpeti [causative of opilavati, cf. Sanskrit avaplāvayati] to immerse, to dip in or down, to drop (into = locative) Vin I 157 = 225 = S I 169 (commentary: nimujjāpeti, see K.S. I 318); M I 207 = III 157; Dhp-a III 3 (°āpetvā; so read with vv.ll. for opīḷetvā); Ja III 282. — past participle opilāpita.
plunges into (intrans.); immerses
(pr, pr, caus of avaplavati) immerses; drowns (in) immerses, makes float [lit.] causes to float down Construction: ava + pilāpe + ti