A.draw off from, “ἀ. χθονὸς ὕβρισμα θνητῶν” E.Or.1641; lighten, “τί σοι οἷοί τε θνητοὶ τῶνδ᾽ ἀπαντλῆσαι πόνων;” A.Pr.84; “ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν” Arist.Pr.870b16; opp. ἐπιχέω, Pl.R.407d.
II. c. acc. only, lighten, lessen, “βάρος ψυχῆς” E.Alc.354; τῶν ἐγκαλουμένων ἀπηντληκώς τι having shed some of his faults, Phld.Lib.p.35 O.:—in Pass., Ph. 1.266, Plu.Alex.57.