Āvarati [ā + vṛ, cp. āvuṇāti] to shut out from (abl.), hold back from, refuse, withhold, obstruct M i.380 (dvāraŋ); Sn 922 (pot. ˚aye, cp. Nd1 368); DA i.235 (dvāraŋ); Dpvs i.38. -- pp. āvaṭa and āvuta2 (q. v.).