cl. 1. cátati, ‘to hide one's self’. See cátat and cátta; to go, [Naigh. ii, 14]; P. and Ā. to ask, beg (= √ cad), [Dhātup. xxi, 5] : Caus. cātáyati, °te (aor. acīcattam, acīcate, [TĀr. ii, 4, 5 f.]), ‘to cause to hide’, scare, frighten away, [RV. iv, 17, 9]; [x, 155, 1]; [AV. iv], [xix] (cf. niś-, pra-, vi-; cf. also cātaka, cātana, cāttra.)