Bādhati [Vedic bādhate, bādh; Idg. *bheidh to force, cp. Goth. baidjan, Ohg. beitten. See Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. fido. In Pali there seems to have taken place a confusion of roots bādh and bandh, see bādheti & other derivations] to press, weigh on; oppress, hinder, afflict, harm D ii.19; J i.211; iv.124; Vism 400; DhA i.24. grd. bādhitabba ThA 65; Pass. bādhiyati to be afflicted, to become sore, to suffer SnA 481; ThA 282; ppr. bādhiyamāna PvA 33 (so read for ˚ayamāna), 69. -- Caus. bādheti; pp. bādhita (q. v.). Cp. vi˚.