ἀντερείδω

English (LSJ)

   A set firmly against, χειρὶ χεῖρ' ἀντερείσαις clasping hand in hand, Pi.P.4.37; but ἄκναμπτον Ἥρᾳ μένος ἀν[τ]ερείδων Id.Pae.6.87; ἀντέρειδε τοῖς Ἐρεχθείδαις δόρυ E.Supp.702; ἀ. ξύλα [τῷ πύργῳ] set wooden stays or props against it, X.HG5.2.5; ἀ. βάσιν plant it firm, S.Ph.1403; λίθοι οἱ-οντες τὰς περιφερεῖς στέγας springers of a vault, Demetr.Eloc.13.    II intr., stand firm, resist pressure, offer resistance, opp. ὑπείκω, X.Cyr.8.8.16, cf. Cyn.10.16, Pl.Ti.45c, Arist. MA698b18, Epicur.Fr.76 bis; exert counter-pressure, θέναρι ἀ. Hp. Fract.14; τὸ ὠθούμενον ἀ. ὅθεν ὠθεῖται offers resistance in the direction from which the pressure comes, Arist.Mech.858a26; πρός or περί τι, Plu.2.924d, 923e.    2 metaph., exert mutual pressure, of contending politicians, Phld.Rh.2.51 S. (dub.); simply, argue against, Sor.2.57.