Avajānāti [ava + jñā] 1. to deny Vin ii.85; A iii.164 = Pug 65. -- 2. (later) to despise DhA iii.16; PvA 175 (grd. ˚jānitabba) -- Of short stem -- form ñā are found the foll: grd. avaññeyya PvA 175, and with o˚: grd. oñātabba PvA 195; pp. avañāta, besides avaññāta.