1. sap ( cf. √ sac ) cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xi, 6 ) sapati (and Ā. °te pf. sepuH , RV. ; fut. sapitA , sapizyati Gr. ), to follow or seek after, be devoted to, honour, serve, love, caress (also sexually), RV. ; TS. ; VS. ( cf. Naigh. iii, 5 ; 14 ) : Caus. sApayati ( Subj. aor. sIzapanta ), to serve, honour, worship, do homage (others ‘to receive homage’), RV. vii, 43, 4 ; to have sexual intercourse (?), TBr. [? cf. Gk. σέβομαι , σέβας ].
sap 1 P. ( sapati ) 1 To honour, worship. 2 To connect. 3 To obey, conform to. 4 To obtain. 5 To touch, sip. 6 To do, perform.