Apasseti [Sk. apāśrayati, apa + ā + sri] to lean against, have a support in (acc.), to depend on. -- 1. (lit.) lean against Vin ii.175 (bhitti apassetabbo the wall to be used as a head -- rest). -- 2. (fig.) mostly in ger. apassāya dependent upon, depending on, trusting in (loc. or acc. or -- ˚) Vin iii.38; J i.214; PvA 189. -- pp. apassita (q. v.). -- See also avasseti.