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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[set firmly against]], <b class="b3">χειρὶ χεῖρ' ἀντερείσαις</b> [[clasping]] [[hand in hand]], Pi.''P.''4.37; but [[ἄκναμπτος|ἄκναμπτον]] Ἥρᾳ [[μένος]] ἀντερείδων Id.''Pae.''6.87; ἀντέρειδε τοῖς Ἐρεχθείδαις [[δόρυ]] E.''Supp.''702; <b class="b3">ἀντερείδω ξύλα [τῷ πύργῳ]</b> [[set]] [[wooden]] [[stay]]s or [[prop]]s [[against]] it, X.''HG''5.2.5; <b class="b3">ἀντερείδω βάσιν</b> [[plant]] it [[firm]], S.''Ph.''1403; <b class="b3">λίθοι οἱ ἀντερείδοντες τὰς περιφερεῖς στέγας</b> [[springer]]s of a [[vault]], Demetr.''Eloc.''13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[stand firm]], [[resist pressure]], [[offer resistance]], opp. [[ὑπείκω]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.8.16, cf. ''Cyn.''10.16, Pl.''Ti.''45c, Arist. ''MA''698b18, Epicur.''Fr.''76 bis; [[exert counter-pressure]], θέναρι ἀ. Hp. ''Fract.''14; <b class="b3">τὸ ὠθούμενον ἀντερείδειν ὅθεν ὠθεῖται</b> [[offer]]s [[resistance]] in the [[direction]] from which the [[pressure]] comes, Arist.''Mech.''858a26; [[πρός]] or <b class="b3">περί τι</b>, Plu.2.924d, 923e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[exert mutual pressure]], of contending [[politician]]s, Phld.''Rh.''2.51 S. (dub.); simply, [[argue against]], Sor.2.57.