Bāheti1 [Caus. of bahati3 or Denom. fr. bahi] to keep away, to keep outside, to ward off; only with ref. to pāpa (pāpaka) to keep away (from) sin S i.141 (bāhetvā pāpāni); Sn 519=Nd2 464a (bāhetvā pāpakāni); Dh 267; a popular etymology of brāhmaṇa (pāpaŋ bahenti) D iii.94 (bāhitvā, better bāhetvā, expldby panuditvā DhA iii.393; v. l. K vāh˚). -- pp. bāhita (q. v.). See also nib˚, pari˚.