I.to draw or drag after one, Hdt.; and in Mid., Xen.; ἐπισπάσας κόμης by the hair, having dragged her by the hair, Eur.:—metaph. to bring on, cause, πλῆθος πημάτων Aesch.
2.to pull to, τὴν θύραν Xen.; ἐπισπασθέντος τοῦ βρόχου the noose being drawn tight, Dem.
3.to attract, gain, win, Soph.:—so in Mid., ἐπισπᾶσθαι κέρδος Hdt.
4.in Mid. to draw on, allure, persuade, Thuc.: —c. inf., ἐπισπάσασθαι [ἂν] αὐτοὺς ἡγεῖτο προθυμήσεσθαι he thought it would induce them to make the venture, id=Thuc.:—Pass., φοβοῦμαι μὴ πάντες ἐπισπασθῶσιν πολεμῆσαι Dem.
5.Pass., of the sea, ἐπισπωμένη returning with a rush, Thuc.
II.in Mid. to become uncircumcised, NTest.
