Abhivassati [abhi + vassati from vṛṣ] to rain, shed rain, pour; fig. rain down, pour out, shed D iii.160 (ābhivassaŋ metri causa); A iii.34; Th 1, 985; J i.18 (v.100; pupphā a. stream down); cp. iii.106; Miln 132, 411. <-> pp. abhivaṭṭa & abhivuṭṭha (q. v.). -- Caus. II. abhivassāpeti to cause (the sky to) rain Miln 132.