upavad
upa-√ vad P. -vadati , to speak ill of, decry, abuse, curse, AV. xv, 2, 1 ; TBr. ; AitBr. ii, 31, 5 ; ŚāṅkhBr. ; Lāṭy. ; to speak to, address, AitBr. iii, 23, 1 ; Pañcat. : Ā. -vadate , to talk over, conciliate; to flatter; to cajole, court secretly, Pāṇ. i, 3, 47 ; Vop. ; Bhaṭṭ.