A.make to recoil, force back, found only in poet. aor. 1, οὐδ᾽ ἀνέχασσαν prob. in Pi.N.10.69.
II. mostly as Pass., ἀναχάζομαι , Ep. aor. ἀνεχασσάμην:—draw back, freq. in Il. of warriors, “ἀλλ ἀναχασσάμενος λίθον εἵλετο” 7.264, cf. 15.728, 16.819, 17.47, etc.; ἀναχασσάμενος νῆχον πάλιν giving way to the wave, Od.7.280: c. gen., “ἀ. ἠπείροιο” draw back from . ., A.R.4.1241; ἐπὶ πόδα ἀναχάζεσθαι retire slowly, of soldiers, X.Cyr.7.1.34:—Act. in sense of Pass., Id.An.4.1.16.