to drive against, drive home, ἔγχος Il.; ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν᾽ ἀπέλεθρον put vast strength to it, Hom.:— ἐπ. τὴν φάλαγγά τινι to bring the whole force of the phalanx against, Plut.:—Mid., λαίφη προτόνοις ἐπερειδόμεναι staying their sails on ropes, Eur.:—Pass. to lean or bear upon, τινι Ar.: absol. to resist with all one's force, id=Ar.
Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.
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